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Welcome to Sainville ...

Sainville is located in Coffee County<1>.

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

Sainville is 1,080 feet [329 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Sainville: 931

Communities near Sainville ...

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

  • Smyrna
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Smyrna is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
    • Estimated population in 2014: 45,274 people
  • Tullahoma
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • McMinnville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Manchester
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Southgate Park
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Southgate Park is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
  • Gruetli
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Gruetli is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruetli
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,775 people
  • Gruetli - Laager
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • New Union
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • New Union is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Union
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,431 people
  • Tracy City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Monteagle
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sainville ...

Looking for more information about Sainville? 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 Sainville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sainville.

Adding Sainville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sainville post office opened in 1894. The Sainville post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sainville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Coffee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sainville - 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/