TENNESSEE PLACE NAMES AND POST OFFICES : INTRODUCTION AND INDEX

The following list of post offices and Tennessee and their dates of operation will be helpful to genealogists and historians hoping to identify the location of a particular place name. Users should be aware that the county listed is the county in which the post office was located at the time of its creation. Later changes in county boundary lines may have affected the home county of that post office.

This list is based on records at National Archives listing postmaster appointments from 1832 to 1971 (see National Archives microfilm publications M1131 and M841).

An excellent work compiled by D.R. Frazier and published in 1984 provides the names of each postmaster in each Tennessee town or village, and gives the dates of his or her tenure. This book, titled Tennessee Postoffices and Postmaster Appointments 1789-1984 is available in many libraries.

Special thanks are due volunteer Peggie Sides for her work on this project.

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POST

COUNTY

DATE

DATE

OFFICE

OPENED

CLOSED

A.B.C.

Sumner

1880

1914

Aaron

Benton

1889

1890

Aaron

Bradley

1860

1860

Abbott

Campbell

1890

1892

Abbott's Mills

Rutherford

1830

1845

Abel

Cumberland

1899

1899

Abernathy

Lauderdale

1881

1891

Abiff

Dickson

1887

1906

Acadia

Fayette

1834

1836

Accident

Jackson

1891

1905

Acedemia

Knox

1835

1858

Acorn

Monroe

1889

1935

Acres

Benton

1881

1881

Acting

Loudon

1890

1903

Action

McNairy

1899

1904

Acuff

Union

1883

1903

Ada

Giles

1895

1898

Ada

Henderson

1880

1887

Adair

Madison

1892

1903

Adairs Creek

Knox

1878

1891

Adams

Robertson

1898

Adams Ford

Cumberland

1911

1913

Adam's Station

Robertson

1860

1898

Adamsburg

Benton

1856

1858

Adamsville

McNairy

1833

Adcock

Knox

1898

1899

Addie

Davidson

1895

1912

Adolphus

Loudon

1882

1903

Aetna

Hickman

1886

1967

Afton

Greene

1900

Afton

Shelby

1860

1866

Afton

Sullivan

1891

1899

Agee

Campbell

1882

1917

Agency

Meigs

1902

1905

Agreeable

Grainger

1887

1901

Ai

Putnam

1880

1902

Ailor

Union

1894

1902

Ajax

Greene

1900

1901

Akinton

Hardin

1885

1887

Alamo

Crockett

1872

Alanthus

Hancock

1894

1905

Alanthus Hill

Hancock

1855

1935

Albany

Greene

1881

1911

Albany

Henry

1837

1872

Alberton

Henderson

1883

1904

Albion View

Hamilton

1888

1915

Albright

Sumner

1899

1903

Alcoa

Blount

1912

Alderville

Scott

1901

1914

Aldon

Perry

1878

1902

Alemeda

Greene

1882

1901

Alena

Jefferson

1886

1895

Alex

Davidson

1890

1890

Alexanders Mills

Henderson

1886

1897

Alexandria

Cannon

1836

1838

Alexandria

Dekalb

1838

Alexandria

Smith

1821

1836

Alfred

Washington

1889

1899

Algood

Putnam

1892

1966

Alice

Benton

1888

1896

Alisonia

Franklin

1850

1852

Allardt

Fentress

1883

Alleghany Springs

Blount

1886

1907

Allendale

Claiborne

1889

1903

Allen's Creek

Sullivan

1903

1920

Allen's Ferry

Cannon

1836

1842

Allen's Ferry

Warren

1830

1836

Allens Station

Hawkins

1839

1846

Allen's Station

Hancock

1848

1855

Allensville

Giles

1826

1828

Allensville

Sevier

1878

1904

Allensville

Warren

1820

1822

Allentown

Carter

1892

1900

Alley

Sequatchie

1891

1899

Alleyjays

Blount

1819

1824

Allons

Overton

1896

Allonsonia

Williamson

1879

1920

Allred

Overton

1887

Alma

Weakley

1855

1860

Almaville

Rutherford

1879

1905

Almira

Tipton

1892

1903

Almy

Scott

1890

1909

Aloha

Shelby

1893

1894

Alonzo

Claiborne

1898

1903

Alpha

Hamblen

1877

1928

Alpine

Overton

1921

Alpines

Rhea

1892

1900

Altacrest

Fentress

1920

1928

Altamont

Grundy

1845

Alto

Franklin

1860

1942

Altomville

Hawkins

1897

1901

Alton

Cannon

1898

1906

Alton Hill

Macon

1850

1904

Alton Hill

Shelby

1881

1893

Alton Park

Hamilton

1895

1920

Alton's

Benton

1837

unknown

Alum Springs

Hawkins

1867

1869

Alum Well

Hawkins

1870

1908

Alva

Loudon

1898

1901

Alvinyork

Fentress

1923

1923

Alvis

Hawkins

1901

1903

Amanda

White

1881

1904

Ambro

Franklin

1882

1898

America

Maury

1900

1901

Amis

Hawkins

1880

1901

Amity Hill

Hardeman

1858

1867

Ammis

Meigs

1894

1900

Ammonia

Shelby

1846

1859

Amnicola

Hamilton

1879

1880

Amo

Overton

1902

1904

Amonett

Pickett

1883

1911

Ample

Roane

1900

1904

Andalusia

Gibson

1852

1859

Anderson

Franklin

1854

1956

Anderson Cross Roads

Morgan

1833

1836

Anderson's

Wilson

1828

1834

Anderson's Store

McNairy

1846

1866

Andersonville

Anderson

1877

Andrew Chapel

Madison

1849

1903

Andrews

Maury

1888

1902

Andy

Perry

1887

1904

Anes

Marshall

1915

1935

Angle

Sumner

1893

1903

Angleton

Washington

1844

1886

Ann Boor

Maury

1814

1823

Annadel

Morgan

1880

1936

Annis

Marshall

1915

1915

Annsville

Madison

1833

1834

Anthem

Overton

1903

1905

Anthras

Campbell

1907

1946

Antioch

Davidson

1882

Antioch

Gibson

1847

1874

Antoinette

Gibson

1898

1905

Apalacha

Polk

1908

1909

Apison

Hamilton

1919

Apison

James

1882

1919

Apple

Hardin

1901

1902

Apple Grove

Hancock

1898

1903

Appleton

Lawrence

1858

1949

Arbutus

Roane

1911

1913

Arcadia

Sullivan

1846

1917

Archer

Marshall

1887

1905

Archerville

Campbell

1858

1872

Archville

Polk

1900

1956

Arcot

Clay

1888

1906

Arcotville

Greene

1889

1894

Ardee

Montgomery

1886

1899

Ardmore

Giles

1915

Arena

Marion

1894

1901

Argyle

Lincoln

1892

1904

Ariadne

Benton

1882

1894

Arizona

Shelby

1858

1866

Ark

Moore

1891

1896

Arlington

Shelby

1885

Armathwaite

Fentress

1881

1972

Armour

Shelby

1890

1902

Armstrong

Hawkins

1899

1903

Armstrong

Montgomery

1880

1883

Arno

Williamson

1890

1908

Arnolds

Humphreys

1833

1834

Arnolds

White

1900

1904

Arnold's Store

Bedford

1869

1872

Arp

Lauderdale

1899

1907

Arrington

Williamson

1850

Arrow

Hickman

1890

1899

Arthur

Claiborne

1890

Arthur

Sevier

1881

1890

Asbury

Knox

1874

1912

Asbury

Montgomery

1844

1858

Ashburn

Robertson

1892

1907

Ashby

Union

1894

1902

Ashford's

Sumner

1832

1838

Ashland

Wayne

1839

1874

Ashland City

Cheatham

1860

Ashport

Lauderdale

1838

1971

Ashport

Tipton

1834

1836

Ashwood

Maury

1841

1956

Aspen Hill

Giles

1860

1952

Aster

Bradley

1890

1906

Aston

Scott

1887

1896

Athens

McMinn

1823

Atkins

Henderson

1879

1904

Atlas

Henderson

1893

1895

Atoka

Tipton

1873

Aton's Branch

Bradley

1840

1843

Atwell

Dekalb

1892

1895

Atwood

Carroll

1855

Auburn

Cannon

1850

1901

Auburn Town

Cannon

1919

Audubon

Hardeman

1838

1855

Augustus

Hardeman

1889

1905

Aulon

Shelby

1900

1903

Aunt

Hawkins

1882

1903

Aurora

McMinn

1893

1893

Ausmus

Claiborne

1900

unknown

Austin

Wilson

1860

1893

Austin's Ferry

Grainger

1840

1854

Austin's Mills

Hawkins

1866

1892

Austin's Springs

Washington

1875

1900

Austinville

Hardin

1865

1867

Austral

Polk

1908

1922

Autry

Henderson

1891

1893

Ava

Gibson

1901

1903

Avey

Union

1902

1903

Avindale

Hamilton

1894

1905

Avoca

Sullivan

1904

1909

Avoton

Putnam

1885

1904

Awalt

Franklin

1845

1906

Axel

McNairy

1900

1901

Ayers

Dyer

1882

1902

Aymett

Giles

1894

1902

Aymett

Shelby

1887

1890