Welcome to Tampico ...

Tampico is located in Grainger County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tampico, you might consider that their post office opened in 1848.

Tampico is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Tampico lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Tampico: 865

Communities Also Named Tampico ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Tampico - they are located in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Montana (2), Ohio, Texas and Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Tampico.

Communities near Tampico ...

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

• Kodak
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Kodak is located in Sevier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kodak
  • Estimated population in 2014: 184,281 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kodak <3>
• Cook Mill
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Cook Mill is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Mill
  • Estimated population in 2014: 31,335 people
• Morristown
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Morristown is located in Hamblen County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,275 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morristown <3>
• Dyers Ferry
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry
  • Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
• Jefferson City
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jefferson City is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,234 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jefferson City <3>
• Oakland
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Oakland is located in Grainger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
  • Estimated population in 2014: 7,316 people
• Kings Valley
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Kings Valley is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Valley
  • Estimated population in 2014: 5,835 people
• Dandridge
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Dandridge is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dandridge
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,182 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dandridge <3>
• Bean Station
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Bean Station is located in Grainger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bean Station
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bean Station <3>
• Beans
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Beans is located in Grainger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans
  • Estimated population in 2014: 3,084 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tampico ...

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

Adding Tampico to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Tampico post office opened in 1848. The Tampico post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tampico.