~ compiled by Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge ~
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POST OFFICE | FIRST POSTMASTER | DATE ESTABLISHED | DATE DISCONTINUED | COMMENTS |
Andrews | Charlie L. Staples | 17 Nov 1890 | current P. O. | ZIP CODE 28901 |
Apalachia | Wishart B. Gilmore | 11 Aug 1898 | 28 Feb 1917 | Polk CO, TN 1908; Cherokee CO 1909; Polk CO, TN 1909 |
Ballew | Acarius F. Cunningham | 3 May 1890 | 28 Feb1903 | |
Bearpaw | John T. Payne | 26 Oct 1909 | 15 Feb1916 | |
Beaver | Silas Rose | 10 Feb 1873 | 19 May 1885 | |
Beaver Mills | Jesse B. Brooks | 21 June 1853 | 24 Oct 1855 | |
Birch | Charles E. Taylor | 27 Jan 1913 | 15 Nov 1938 | By 1917 and through at least 1920, Oliver Clem Payne was postmaster. |
Bloom | Solomon A. Davis | 10 Aug 1912 | 28 Feb 1914 | |
Brasstown | Charles E. Ramsour | 4 Aug 1871 | 24 Nov 1888 | |
Brasstown #2 | Lee Baker | 15 July 1889 | ||
Bryson | William A. Bryson | 23 July 1888 | 2 Mar 1889 | changed to Coalville 2 March 1889 |
Coalville | William A. Bryson | 2 Mar 1889 | 2 Feb 1906 | previously Bryson |
Cobb's | John S. Hatchett | 13 July 1880 | 31 Jan 1914 | |
Cofield | Lee L. Cofield | 15 Oct 1890 | 11 July 1892 | |
Copperville | Peter Mosteller | 4 May 1855 | 24 Jan 1859 | |
Culberson | John M. Kilpatrick | 12 July 1887 | current P. O. | ZIP CODE 28903 |
Cummins | Calvin Robinson | 23 May 1902 | 30 Apr 1909 | |
Dawesville | Frederick William Dawes / Daws | 25 Oct 1845 | 26 July 1852 | |
England's Point | Alexander England | 2 Oct 1856 | 10 Mar 1875 | |
England's Point #2 | Abram E. Evans | 25 May 1876 | 14 May 1889 | changed to Ranger 14 May 1889 |
England's Point #3 | Samuel A. Fox | 1 July 1889 | 6 Feb 1891 | |
Euclid | Henry D. Wilson | 8 Feb 1904 | 15 June 1904 | |
Fort Hembree | Francis McGee | 8 Aug 1843 | 6 Dec 1866 | previously Hiwassee; William M. Sanderson, postmaster on Jan 1851 list |
Fort Montgomery | J.P. Colvard | 28 Feb 1849 | 9 June 1874 | Calvin A. Colvard, postmaster on Jan 1851 list; became Robbinsville 9 June 1874 |
Gold Branch | Joshua P. Edwards | 12 Sep 1860 | 6 Dec 1866 | |
Grandview | John W. Lovingood | 15 June 1903 | 28 Feb 1950 | previously Hanging Dog |
Grape Creek | Joseph Black | 12 July 1859 | 31 Mar 1914 | |
Guy | John L. Weese | 3 July 1894 | 15 July 1915 | |
Hanging Dog | Christopher C. Gentry | 16 Dec 1878 | 15 June 1903 | often called "Hang Dog" by local folks; named Grandview 15 June 1903 |
Hiwassee | James Poteet | 23 May 1837 | 8 Aug 1843 | changed to Fort Hembree 8 August 1843 |
Hiwassee #2 | David T. McNabb | 11 July 1891 | 30 Nov 1939 | |
Hiwassee Dam | Eula Mae White | 4 May 1937 | 30 June 1958 | |
Hothouse | William H. Philips | 23 Feb 1877 | 28 Feb 1907 | |
Huntington | Col. Archibald Russell Spence Hunter | 23 Feb 1835 | 13 June 1839 | named Murphy 13 June 1839 |
Jamesville | James Whitaker | 16 Feb 1837 | 1 Apr 1846 | changed to Valley Town 1 April 1846 |
Kimsey | Martin Ross | 20 Nov 1889 | 14 Apr 1928 | |
Letitia | James Guinn Hickey | 20 Sep 1889 | 31 Jan 1955 | |
Mamie | Thomas Payne | 15 Nov 1889 | 12 Feb 1896 | |
Marble | Isabella Moss | 10 May 1881 | current P. O. | ZIP CODE 28905 |
Marble Spring | Henry Moss | 15 Nov 1852 | 14 Nov 1876 | |
Murphey | Col. Archibald Russell Spence Hunter | 13 June 1839 | current P. O. | previously Huntington; Stephen G. R. Mount, postmaster on Jan 1851 list; ZIP CODE 28906 |
Nina | William A. Griffin | 5 Aug 1880 | 30 Apr 1911 | |
Nottla | Allen D. Kilpatrick | 9 Oct 1849 | 28 Aug 1896 | (called "Nottley" by local folks) |
Oak Park | Gabriel Alonzo "Lon" Raper | 1 Nov 1912 | 31 Jan 1955 | previously Ranger |
Ogreeta | John C. Griffin | 23 Sep 1880 | 15 May 1927 | |
Patrick | Elias Patton Kilpatrick | 25 Aug 1891 | 31 Aug 1951 | (clipped surname for local Kilpatrick family) |
Peach Tree | Marcus L. Brittain | 16 Dec 1878 | 15 May 1907 | |
Peachtree | Jesse B. Brooks | 15 Mar 1839 | 11 Dec 1866 | John R. Sudduth, postmaster on Jan 1851 list |
Persimmon Creek | Benjamin "Ben" Stiles | 29 Sep 1843 | 15 Nov 1938 | |
Postell | Elbert E. Nelson | 3 Nov 1888 | 30 Nov 1943 | |
Postell's Mill | Jacob Postell | 10 June 1875 | 21 Nov 1876 | |
Prescott | William J. Whitaker | 25 Feb 1892 | 20 June 1895 | |
Ranger | Cyrus W. Dickey | 14 May 1889 | 1 Nov 1912 | previously England's Point; then Oak Park 1 Nov 1912 |
Regal | Sidney "Sid" Pendley | 1 May 1909 | ||
Rhodo | William R. Lunsford | 11 Sep 1906 | 31 July 1916 | |
Rossville | Henry Grady | 16 Feb 1837 | 28 Nov 1845 | |
Shooting Creek | William R. H. McConnell | 18 Dec 1849 | 1 Dec 1858 | |
Stikoih | Abraham Taylor | on Jan 1851 list of U. S. Post Offices | ||
Suit | Johnson Suit | 1 Feb 1886 | 31 Jan 1955 | |
Tomatola | George Washington Hayes, Jr. | 31 Dec 1873 | 5 June 1890 | changed to Tomotla 5 June 1890 |
Tomotla | Evan D. Howell | 3 Feb 1848 | 13 Apr 1859 | (often called "Motley" by local folks) |
Tomotla #2 | Jefferson Theodore Hayes | 5 June 1890 | 31 Oct 1948 | previously Tomotola |
Topton | David S. Russell | 12 Dec 1887 | current P. O. | ZIP CODE 28781 |
Turtle Town | Elias Milton Kilpatrick, Sr. | 23 Dec 1847 | renamed Patrick 25 Aug 1891; then Oak Park 1 Nov 1912 | |
Turtletown | William Franklin Bryant | 23 June 1876 | 1 Nov 1912 | changed to Oak Park 1 Nov 1912 |
Tusquitee | D. H. Jones | 9 May 1848 | 28 Feb 1907 | John H. Johnson, postmaster on Jan 1851 list |
Unaka | William C. Hampton | 28 Aug 1890 | 15 Feb 1986 | ZIP CODE 28908 |
Valley Town | William Walker | 1 Apr 1846 | 9 Apr 1891 | previously Jamesville |
Vest's | George W. Vest | 16 June 1875 | 30 Sep 1950 | |
Violet | Amos Pierson Keener | 9 Mar 1909 | 30 Sep 1933 | |
Wacheesa | Hugh T. Sadler | 8 July 1922 | 31 July 1922 | |
Wolf Creek | Tyra A. Tatham | 5 Aug 1858 | 31 Mar 1914 |
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This site is dedicated to the memory of my mother,
Beulah Cline Nipper, a beautiful product of the Knobs.