Welcome to Sailors Rest ...
So far, we found very little information about Sailors Rest. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Sailors Rest to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sailors Rest, please Contact Us.
Sailors Rest would have been located within present day Montgomery County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Sailors Rest, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Sailors Rest is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Sailors Rest was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Communities near Sailors Rest ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sailors Rest.
- Clarksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oakridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,303 people
- Brownsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,974 people
- Halls Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Halls Creek is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Creek
- Louise Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Louise Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,715 people
- McEwen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Throckmorton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Throckmorton is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throckmorton
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,692 people
- Charlotte
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dover is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
- Former name for Dover:
- Monroe
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <4>
- Tennessee Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
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 Sailors Rest. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sailors Rest.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sailors Rest. 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 Sailors Rest.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sailors Rest. See our Newspapers Page for Sailors Rest.
Adding Sailors Rest to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Sailors Rest 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 Sailors Rest was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Sailors Rest.
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 Sailors Rest, 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 Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sailors Rest - 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. |