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Welcome to Virtue ...Virtue is located in Knox County<1>. The location of Virtue has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Virtue, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884. From the 2010 Census (the most recent Census number we have), Virtue had a population of 131 people.<3> (see below for details). Virtue is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Virtue lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Virtue (for example, toward Center Ford), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). The area code for Virtue: (865) Communities near Virtue ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Virtue.
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 Virtue. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Virtue. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Virtue. 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 Virtue. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Virtue. See our Newspapers Page for Virtue. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Virtue ...Looking for more information about Virtue? 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 Virtue, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Virtue. Adding Virtue to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Virtue 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 Virtue was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Virtue in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Virtue. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Virtue. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Knox County: www.knoxcounty.org/ The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/ Footnotes ...
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