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Welcome to Templow ...

Templow is located in Trousdale County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Templow, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Templow is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Templow: 615 & 629<3>

Communities near Templow ...

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

  • Gallatin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Lebanon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Difficult
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Difficult is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Difficult
    • Estimated population in 2014: 14,993 people
  • Portland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Hartsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Lafayette
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Centerville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Centerville is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,595 people
  • Westmoreland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Hall Town
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Hall Town is located in Sumner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Town
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,202 people
  • Ocana
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Ocana is located in Sumner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocana
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,086 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 Templow. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Templow.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Templow ...

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

Adding Templow to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Templow 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 Templow was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Templow post office opened in 1892. The Templow post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Templow.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Trousdale, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Templow - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 615 code has been Overlayed with the 629 area code. New phone numbers in the Templow area will be assigned with one of these codes: 615 or 629. As a result, placing a call in the Templow area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/