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Welcome to Windle ...

Windle is located in Overton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Windle, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Windle is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Windle: 931

Communities near Windle ...

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

  • Columbus Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Columbus Hill is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 36,071 people
  • Cookeville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Algood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Cooper
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Cooper is located in Fentress County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,385 people
  • Livingston
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Thompsons Store
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Thompsons Store is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsons Store
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,180 people
  • Monterey
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • White Plains
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • White Plains is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,231 people
  • Baxter
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Celina
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Windle ...

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

Adding Windle to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Windle 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 (so far) for Windle was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Windle post office opened in 1886. The Windle post office closed in 1924.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Windle.

Footnotes ...

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