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Welcome to Wolf River ...

Wolf River is located in Fentress County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wolf River, you might consider that their post office opened in 1928.

A typical abbreviation for Wolf River: Wolf Riv.

Wolf River is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Wolf River: 931

Communities Also Named Wolf River ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Wolf River - it's located in Kansas.

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

Communities near Wolf River ...

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

  • Gernt
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Gernt is located in Fentress County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gernt
    • Estimated population in 2014: 39,267 people
  • Armathwaite
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
    • Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
  • Cooper
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cooper is located in Fentress County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,385 people
  • Jamestown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Albany
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Albany is located in Clinton County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,979 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albany <3>
  • Grimsley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Byrdstown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Allardt
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Cumberland Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Cumberland Grove is located in Fentress County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Grove
    • Estimated population in 2014: 489 people
  • Oak Dale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Dale is located in Overton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Dale
    • 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 Wolf River. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wolf River.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wolf River ...

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

Adding Wolf River to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wolf River post office opened in 1928. The Wolf River post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wolf River.

Footnotes ...

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