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Welcome to Saint Bethlehem ...

Saint Bethlehem is located in Montgomery County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Saint Bethlehem, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869.

A typical abbreviation for Saint Bethlehem: St. Bethlehem

Saint Bethlehem is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Saint Bethlehem ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Saint Bethlehem ...

Looking for more information about Saint Bethlehem? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Saint Bethlehem, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Saint Bethlehem.

Adding Saint Bethlehem to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Saint Bethlehem 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 Saint Bethlehem was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Saint Bethlehem post office opened in 1869.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Saint Bethlehem.

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Saint Bethlehem - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/