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Welcome to Tennessee Colony ...

Tennessee Colony is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Tennessee Colony is located in Anderson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tennessee Colony, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852.

Tennessee Colony is 360 feet [110 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Tennessee Colony: 903 & 430<3>

The ZIP codes for Tennessee Colony: 75861, 75880, 75884, 75886<4>

Communities near Tennessee Colony ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tennessee Colony ...

Looking for more information about Tennessee Colony? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Tennessee Colony, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Tennessee Colony.

Adding Tennessee Colony to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Tennessee Colony 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 Tennessee Colony was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tennessee Colony.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Anderson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Tennessee Colony - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Tennessee Colony area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Tennessee Colony area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Tennessee Colony). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Tennessee Colony or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.