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Welcome to Rudderville ...

Rudderville is located in Williamson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rudderville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Rudderville is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Rudderville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Rudderville: 615 & 629<3>

Communities near Rudderville ...

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

  • Murfreesboro
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Franklin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Smyrna
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Smyrna is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,185 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smyrna <4>
  • Spring Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Brentwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • La Vergne
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Morrow
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Morrow is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrow
    • Estimated population in 2014: 29,304 people
  • Nolensville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jefferson Pike
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jefferson Pike is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Pike
    • Estimated population in 2014: 8,370 people
  • Thompson's Station
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Thompson's Station is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson's Station
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,973 people
    • Former name for Thompson's Station:
    • Littlebury
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson's Station <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rudderville ...

Looking for more information about Rudderville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Rudderville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rudderville.

Adding Rudderville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rudderville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

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

From that list, the Rudderville post office opened in 1888. The Rudderville post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rudderville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Williamson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rudderville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 615 code has been Overlayed with the 629 area code. New phone numbers in the Rudderville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 615 or 629. As a result, placing a call in the Rudderville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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/