RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Tennessee >> Dickson County >> ReddenIndex...

Welcome to Redden ...

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

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

Redden would have been located within present day Dickson County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Redden, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Redden is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Communities Also Named Redden ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Redden - they are located in Delaware, Kansas and Oklahoma.

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

Communities near Redden ...

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

  • Dickson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Fairview
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • White Bluff
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Centerville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • McEwen
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • McEwen is located in Humphreys County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEwen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,743 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McEwen <4>
  • Loriland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Loriland is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loriland
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,735 people
  • Charlotte
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Burns
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Burns is located in Dickson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,550 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burns <4>
  • Graytown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Graytown is located in Hickman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,528 people
  • Water Valley ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Water Valley is located in Dickson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,516 people

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 Redden. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Redden.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Redden. 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 Redden.

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

Adding Redden to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Redden 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 Redden was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Redden post office opened in 1894. The Redden post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Redden.

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 Redden, 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 Dickson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Redden - 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/