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Welcome to Tharpe ...

Tharpe is located in Stewart County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tharpe, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Tharpe is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Tharpe: 931

Communities Also Named Tharpe ...

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

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

Communities near Tharpe ...

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

  • Brownsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Brownsville is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
    • Estimated population in 2014: 9,974 people
  • Oak Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Hill is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,703 people
  • Throckmorton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Throckmorton is located in Stewart County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throckmorton
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,692 people
  • Dover
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Dover is located in Stewart County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
    • Former name for Dover:
    • Monroe
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <3>
  • LaFayette
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Bumpus Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • New Concord
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Legate
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Legate is located in Stewart County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legate
  • Parker Town ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Parker Town is located in Stewart County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Town
  • Indian Mound
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tharpe ...

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

Adding Tharpe to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Tharpe post office opened in 1883. The Tharpe post office closed in 1942.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tharpe.

Footnotes ...

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