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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>.

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.<3>.

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)
    • Jacktown is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
    • Estimated population in 2014: 67,319 people
  • Athens
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Pantertown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Pantertown is located in Fannin County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantertown
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 9,749 people
  • Madisonville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Etowah
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Belltown Hill
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Belltown Hill is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,457 people
  • Englewood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Benton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • McCaysville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Tellico Plains
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)

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 (so far) for Towee Falls was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Towee Falls post office opened in 1849. The Towee Falls post office closed in 1866.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Towee Falls.

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 elevation is an estimate for the area around Towee Falls - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/