Welcome to Towee Falls ...
So far, we found very little information about Towee Falls. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Towee Falls to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Towee Falls, please Contact Us.
Towee Falls would have been located within present day Monroe County<2>.
The location of Towee Falls has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Towee Falls, you might consider that their post office opened in 1849.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Towee Falls is 1,620 feet [494 m] above sea level.<4>.
Time Zone: The area where Towee Falls was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you travel west from Towee Falls (for example, toward Dunlap), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).
Websites for Towee Falls ...
Chamber of Commerce: www.monroecountychamber.org/
Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Towee Falls, the following might be of interest:
Communities near Towee Falls ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Towee Falls.
- Jacktown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Athens
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Athens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Athens is located in McMinn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,120 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Athens <5>
- Pantertown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantertown
- Pantertown is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Population from the 2010 Census: 9,749 people
- Madisonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madisonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonville
- Madisonville is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,024 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madisonville <5>
- Etowah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Etowah have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
- Etowah is located in McMinn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,527 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Etowah <5>
- Belltown Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belltown Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown Hill
- Belltown Hill is located in Polk County
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,457 people
- Englewood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Englewood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Englewood is located in McMinn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,538 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Englewood <5>
- Benton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Benton is located in Polk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,247 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Benton <5>
- McCaysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCaysville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaysville
- McCaysville is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,217 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McCaysville <5>
- Tellico Plains
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tellico Plains
- Tellico Plains is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 909 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tellico Plains <5>
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 Towee Falls. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Towee Falls.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Towee Falls. 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 Towee Falls.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Towee Falls. See our Newspapers Page for Towee Falls.
Adding Towee Falls to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Towee Falls in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Towee Falls was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Towee Falls post office opened in 1849.
We also found Towee Falls in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Towee Falls.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Monroe County: www.monroegovernment.org/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Towee Falls, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Monroe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Towee Falls - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |