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Welcome to Toulon ...

Toulon is located in Haywood County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Toulon, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1833.

Toulon is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel south from Toulon, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Toulon: 731

Communities Also Named Toulon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Toulon - they are located in Florida, Illinois, Kansas and Nevada.

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

Communities near Toulon ...

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

  • Brownsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Covington
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Ripley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Bells
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Alamo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Halls
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Bruceville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bruceville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
    • Bruceville is located in Dyer County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,453 people
  • Bradford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bradford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
    • Bradford is located in Haywood County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,017 people
  • Henning
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Maury Junction
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maury Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury Junction
    • Maury Junction is located in Crockett County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 679 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 Toulon. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Toulon.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Toulon ...

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

Adding Toulon to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Toulon post office opened in 1833.

We also found Toulon in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Toulon.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Haywood, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Toulon - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/