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Welcome to Tidwell ...

Tidwell is located in Hickman County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tidwell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Tidwell is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Tidwell: 931

Communities Also Named Tidwell ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Tennessee communities named Tidwell: This one is located in Hickman County and the other is located in Dickson County.

Beyond Tennessee, there are 4 communities that are also named Tidwell - they are located in Alabama, Missouri and Texas.

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

Communities near Tidwell ...

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

  • Franklin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Dickson
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenfield Bend
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Greenfield Bend is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Bend
    • Estimated population in 2014: 15,035 people
  • Fairview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sawdust
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Sawdust is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawdust
    • Estimated population in 2014: 7,053 people
  • Thompson's Station
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Thompson's Station is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson's Station
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,973 people
    • Former name for Thompson's Station:
    • Littlebury
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson's Station <3>
  • White Bluff
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Centerville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Kingston Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pegram
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Pegram is located in Cheatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pegram
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,056 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 Tidwell. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Tidwell.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tidwell ...

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

Adding Tidwell to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Tidwell post office opened in 1895. The Tidwell post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tidwell.

Footnotes ...

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