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Welcome to Tatesville ...

Tatesville is located in Grundy County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tatesville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

Tatesville is 1,800 feet [549 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Tatesville: 931

Communities Also Named Tatesville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Tatesville - it's located in Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Tatesville ...

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

  • Dunlap
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Dunlap is located in Sequatchie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,237 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunlap <3>
  • Fairmount
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairmount is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,825 people
  • Cartwright
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Cartwright is located in Sequatchie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,261 people
  • Walden
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Walden is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,183 people
  • Gruetli
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Gruetli is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruetli
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,775 people
  • Gruetli - Laager
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Whitwell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Tracy City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Powells Crossroads
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Powells Crossroads is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Crossroads
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,352 people
  • Monteagle
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tatesville ...

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

Adding Tatesville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Tatesville post office opened in 1878. The Tatesville post office closed in 1921.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tatesville.

Footnotes ...

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