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Welcome to Verble ...

Verble is located in Putnam County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Verble, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

Verble is 1,000 feet [305 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Verble: 931

Communities Also Named Verble ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Verble - it's located in North Carolina.

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

Communities near Verble ...

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

  • Clarktown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Clarktown is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
    • Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
  • Cookeville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Crossville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Sparta
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Algood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Livingston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Monterey
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Dykes Crossroads
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Dykes Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Crossroads
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,281 people
  • White Plains
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • White Plains is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,231 people
  • Baxter
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)

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 Verble. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Verble.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Verble ...

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

Adding Verble to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Verble post office opened in 1881. The Verble post office closed in 1890.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Verble.

Footnotes ...

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