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Welcome to Qualls ...

So far, we found very little information about Qualls. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Qualls to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Qualls, please Contact Us.


Qualls would have been located within present day Overton County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Qualls, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Qualls is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Qualls was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Qualls (for example, toward Sunbright), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

The Area Code where Qualls was located: 931

Communities Also Named Qualls ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Qualls - it's located in Oklahoma.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Qualls.

Communities near Qualls ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Qualls.

  • Cookeville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Algood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Cooper
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cooper is located in Fentress County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,385 people
  • Livingston
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Monterey
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • White Plains
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • White Plains is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,231 people
  • Jamestown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Grimsley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Dodson Branch
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Dodson Branch is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson Branch
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,074 people
  • Allardt
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Qualls. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Qualls.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Qualls. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Qualls.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Qualls. See our Newspapers Page for Qualls.

Adding Qualls to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Qualls in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Qualls was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Qualls post office opened in 1880. The Qualls post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Qualls.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Qualls, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Overton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Qualls - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/