Welcome to Sopha ...
So far, we found very little information about Sopha. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Sopha to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sopha, please Contact Us.
Sopha would have been located within present day Van Buren County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Sopha, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.
From the 2010 Census (the most recent Census number we have), Sopha had a population of 3,094 people.<3> (see below for details).
While the community is gone, the present day location for Sopha is 1,840 feet [561 m] above sea level.<4>.
Time Zone: The area where Sopha was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you travel east from Sopha (for example, toward Spring City), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).
The Area Code where Sopha was located: 931
Communities near Sopha ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sopha.
- Smyrna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Smyrna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Estimated population in 2014: 45,274 people
- McMinnville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sparta
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Newton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Newton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,968 people
- Newton has also been known as:
- Peay
- Pikeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Spencer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Doyle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Doyle is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
- Beersheba Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beersheba Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beersheba Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Laurelburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Laurelburg is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelburg
- Chalybeate
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chalybeate is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate
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 Sopha. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sopha.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sopha. 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 Sopha.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sopha. See our Newspapers Page for Sopha.
Adding Sopha to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Sopha 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 Sopha was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Sopha post office opened in 1888. The Sopha post office closed in 1912.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Sopha.
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 Sopha, 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 Van Buren, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Sopha. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sopha - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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/ |