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Welcome to Travisville ...

Travisville is located in Pickett County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Travisville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1854.

Travisville is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Travisville (for example, toward Oneida), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Travisville: 931

Communities Also Named Travisville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Travisville - they are located in Georgia and Indiana.

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

Communities near Travisville ...

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

  • Gernt
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gernt have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gernt
    • Gernt is located in Fentress County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 39,267 people
  • Armathwaite
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Armathwaite have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
    • Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
  • Monticello
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Cooper
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooper have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
    • Cooper is located in Fentress County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,385 people
  • Jamestown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Albany
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
    • Albany is located in Clinton County (KY)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,979 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albany <4>
  • Byrdstown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Allardt
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allardt have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allardt
    • Allardt is located in Fentress County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 639 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allardt <4>
  • Cumberland Grove
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumberland Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Grove
    • Cumberland Grove is located in Fentress County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 489 people
  • Oak Dale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Dale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Dale
    • Oak Dale is located in Overton County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 222 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 Travisville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Travisville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Travisville ...

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

Adding Travisville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Travisville post office opened in 1854.

We also found Travisville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Travisville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Pickett, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Travisville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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>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 their list with background information can be found at:

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