Places of Johnson County TN Extracted in part from info located at:  Tennessee State Library and Archives  , Partially contributed by Margaret Hougland. Post office Sources: Tennessee Post Offices and Postmaster Appointments, 1789-1984 complied by D.R. Frazier, History of Johnson County 1986, and Tennessee State Archive documents.  Other info is from the GNIS Query system and its accuracy can vary.  I will GLADLY take corrections and contributions to this page.  E-mail me below. From Goodspeed's History Of Johnson County The first settlement in Johnson County is said to have been made about 1770, on Roane Creek, near its confluence with the Watauga, by a man named Honeycut. Other settlements were made soon after farther up Roane Creek, and on Little Doe and the Laurel. Shady was also settled at a comparatively early day. Click on the links for more info about these places.   Bakers Gap  1851- 1929. HISTORICAL POST OFFICE: Postmasters:  Henry Haney, Hiram McBride, Thomas Ward, Wm. C. Wilson, John Farthing, Walther H. Farthing Blevins Forge Bluff   1866 to Virginia Buntontown Butler (old)  1868: First started in 1820 on Roan Creek. Originally named Smith's Mill. Later renamed for Col. Roderick Random Butler.  Incorporated in the 1940's.  Flooded by Watauga Lake, 1948. Relocated to Carderview.    HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Jacob Perkins, Joshua Perkins, Wm R. Butler, David Farthing, R. Burgie, David J. Farthing, Julius D. Pierce, J.A. Whitehead, Finley P. Curtis, Wm. J. Pierce, Robert Smythe, Fred Curtis, Robert Laws, Sandy Greenwell Sr., Finley Curtis. Butler (new) Postmasters: Edna Stalcup, Ted Matherly.  Name changed from Carderview, 1968. Cables Valley 1855- 1866  HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Henry Haney, Wm. Dugger Carderview 1948 -1953:  Named for Rev. M. H. Carder. Name changed from (old) Butler, 1948; changed again to Butler, 1968. HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Troy Tucker, Edna Courtner. Casper  (historical) 1886- 1903   HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Thomas Daugherty, Mary Daugherty  Center View   HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Cobb's Creek 1856- 1866  HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: James Smith, John Rainbolt.  Cold Spring   HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Colwell/Calwell  Mar-Nov 1880  HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Emily Calwell  Cowanstown (historical) Crackers Neck:  Named for a wrestling match which occurred between a side show wrestler and a local farm boy.  The farmer broke the wrestlers neck. Crandull 1900- 1936   Name changed to Shady Valley, July 1936.  HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: James Faulkner Jr., Charles Lowe, John Hutchinson, Maggie Hutchinson, Adrian Cole, Roy Blevins. Damascus Danford/Danforth 1897- 1911 (historical) HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: John Potter, Danford Mast  Did 1894- 1905   Estab. from Rusk HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: J.B. F. Blevins  Doe Station (historical) Doeville 1889 -1955: Named for large deer population that existed here. Changed from Howards Iron Works. HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Andrew Bradley, Callie Rambo, Samuel Rambo, Jacob L.Stout, Kemp Stout, Jacob S. Stout, Mrs. Stanley Simcox, Mrs. Cleo Simcox, LaVerne Simcox Dowell 1897- 1903 (historical) HISTORICAL POST OFFICE  Postmasters: Wm. Dowell, Maggie Hammons, Ellen Hammons Dry Hill Duggers Forge (historical) East Ridge 1882- 1887 Changed to Mit.  HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Joel Eastridge, Morgan M. Whitaker, Isaac Hayes  Eastman (historical) Edom 1889- 1902   HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmaster: Calvin Arnold Essex 1892- 1903  HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: James Parks, Alfred Dotson Eureka Farthing (historical) Fiddler's Rock - Sometimes known as "Screaming Rock" . Link to Ghosts of the Prairie Website by Troy Taylor. Fleet 1898- 1903 HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmaster: Daniel B. Baker  Fuller Furnace 1882- 1902  HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: George Butler, Andrew Wagner, Jennettie Cross. Haney 1899- 1904 HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Thomas Moreley  Harmon Head of Laurel  1872- 1894 (historical) HISTORICAL POST OFFICE  Postmasters: Robert Keys, Christopher Musgrove. Heath High Health 1865 -1903 (historical) HISTORICAL POST OFFICE  Postmasters: David Smithpeter, Franklin Norris, Wm. Sorrell, Valentine Rainbolt, Thomas Copley, James Matherly, Landon McQueen, Joseph Matherly. Holy Hill Howards Iron Works 1879- 1889 Changed to Doeville. HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Richard Robinson Howards Lower Forge (historical) Howards Upper Forge (historical) Iron 1872- 1888  Changed to Ironville. HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmaster: Jacob Dugger Ironville 1888 1903 Info on historical Ironville Post Office .  Courtesy of Margaret Hougland. Postmasters: Jacob Dugger, Nancy J. Dugger Walker, Nancy J. Morris (same person), Charles Morris  Ivy Spring 1897 1903 HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmaster: Milton Wilson Key Station 1877 1903 HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Kinchen Elliott, Alexander Snider, Wm. Williams, John Dotson, Pleasant May, Wm. Grayson, Mattie Grayson Laurel Bloomery 1878 HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Joseph Grace, George Robinson, James H. Parker, Wm. Hawkins, Wm. Robinson, James Floyd Thomas, Fred Thomas, French Thomas. Fred Thomas was postmaster from 1930-retirement in 1976; French Thomas, asst. postmaster retired in 1976. Laurel Bloomery Forge (historical):  Iron was smelted here in big bloomers. Thickets of laurel bushes were abundant. Both of these  gave Laurel Bloomery its name. Leon 1836 -1842   HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Thomas J. Johnson Leotie 1900 1906   HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Joseph Gregg, Joseph Dugger Little Doe 1856- 1902 HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Geo. Shoun, John Wilson, John Shoun, Joseph Crosswhite, Etta Shoun, Laura Shoun Marshall 1876 1886 HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: James Powell Matney 1881 1902   HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Martin Lipps, David Cole, Isaac Reese, A.L. Gentry, Emma Gentry Maymead Midway Mill Creek Mit 1887 1890 HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Isaac Hayes, Geo. Bumgardner Moore's Iron Works 1837 1850 Changed to Pandora.  HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Rufus Moore Moreland 1895 1907  HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Mattison Moreland  Mountain City 1886  Changed from Taylorsville. -Mountain City Online - HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters:  Samuel Jackson, Wm Keys, James Donnelly, Robert Donnelly, Columbus Jennings, Wm Smythe, James Murphy, M.W. Jackson, Edgar Parry, Hattai Miller, Eugene McDade, Lois Goodman, James Muse, Danny Cunningham Mouth of Doe 1874 1895 Changed to Moreland.  HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Isaac Rambo, Archibald Caldwell, L. Moreland Murphy's Lower Forge (historical) Murphy's Upper Forge (historical) Neva 1901 1972   HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Wm Nave, Milton Ward, Charles Nave, Louie Walker, Miss Nell Ward. Norris 1892 1908   HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: John Meadows Osborn 1882 1903 HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Wm Potter, James Mast, Wm Arrendell, Wm Wood, J.G. Potter Pandora 1850 1903   HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Rufus Moore, Abraham Murphy, Samuel Northington, Geo. Walker, James Jordon, Samuel Lowe, Robert Martin, Sarah Martin, David Stout. Rhea's Forge (historical)  HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Wm. Holsclaw, Robert Rhea. Roan Valley: Supposed to have been named for Daniel Boone's horse who was released in the valley after it went lame. Rusk 1891-1894.  Changed to Did. HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: James Rankins Sandhill Forge (historical) Sandy Shady 1849-1908.   Had a history of being discontinued and re-established several times. HISTORICAL POST OFFICE  Postmasters: Wm Tipton, Washington Cole, David Blevins, Edward R. Cole, Edward J. Cole, Laura Blevins, Mrs. Martha Blevins, James Rankins, Charles Short, Thomas Garland, Geo. Scott, Thomas Garland Shady Valley:  1936-present.  Named Shady valley because of the dense forest where it was located. Changed from Crandull. HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Roy Blevins, Vernon McQueen, Clay Blevins, Harold Reeves  Shady Valley, Tennessee Website Shingletown Shoun's Cross Roads 1879 1905 Changed to Shoun's. HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Harrison Donnelly, Richard Donnelly Shoun's 1905 1973  HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Richard Donnelly, Sam More, Mrs. Edith Hill, Jabin Simcox Shown's Cross Roads 1836 1879:  Named for the Leonard Shoun family. Changed to Taylorsville, 1836; re-established 1856; Changed to Shoun's. HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters:  Green Moore, Wm Waugh, Wm Donnelly, Harrison Donnelly. Silver Lake   HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Nathaniel Wills Smith's Mill: Named for Zeke Smith who once owned a grist mill here. Stump Knob (historical) HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Julius B. Dugger, Wm. R. Dugger, Abraham Crosswhite, John Reece, M. Roberts, Solomon Dugger, Jacob Smith, W.D. Snyder Sugar Creek Sutherland 1901-1913  HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Richard G. Rogers Taylorsville 1836 1886:  Named for Nathaniel Taylor who established an iron works here.  From Shoun's Cross Roads to City of Taylorsville; changed to Mountain City 1886. The commissioners appointed to locate the seat of justice were Green Moore, John Ward, James Brown, James B. Mosely and Ezekiel Smith, who, after viewing several places, purchased twenty-five and one-half acres of land from William P. Waugh, and laid off a town, to which was given the name of Taylorsville, in honor of the Taylors, of Carter County. The site formerly constituted a part of a large tract of land owned by John Wagner, who lived near where the residence of Noah Wagner now is. The sale of lots took place on September 6, 1836, at which time thirty-three lots were disposed of at comparatively high prices. HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Roderick Butler, Mathias Wagner, Noah Wagner, Elbert Murphy, Hector Northington, Samuel Jackson Tester 1897- 1902   HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Millard Tester Trade 1852: Named Trade because it was a originally a meeting place for traders. Established around 1790.   HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Davis Bowers, Benj.Grayson, Charles Seehorne, John Ingraham, Calvin Younce, Reece Seehorne, Mrs. Mollie Younce, Thomas Seehorne, Catherine Brown, Elizabeth Jones, Alvin Grayson, Ethie Grayson, Wm. Love, Effie Johnson, Effie Jenkins, Ira Love, Roscoe Grayson, Mrs. Grace Grayson, Mrs. Helen Walsh, Mrs. Edna Litton, Thomas Grayson, Mable Grayson, James Wilson, Norman Thomas, Mrs. Louise Brown, Larry Wallace. Upper Shady Vaughtsville 1886 -1940  HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Joseph Vaught, Ella Vaught Wagner Island (historical) Wagners Forge (historical) Wagner's Valley 1866 -1869 HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Nathaniel Wagner, Wm Donnelly Wagnerville 1898 1902  HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Mary Wagner, Geo. Wagner, Jesse Gambill. Walnut Grove Ward Forge Number 1 (historical)1857- 1866 Ward Forge Number 2 (historical)1857 1866 Ward's Iron Works 1866 1874  HISTORICAL POST OFFICE Postmasters: Alex. Ward, James Robinson. Wardens Forge (historical) Watauga Dam:  Part of the Tennessee Valley Authority project. Willen Gap Wills Winchester This page is Copyright 1999 S.Ebel. Last modified on: June 23, 1999 Return to Main Index Graphics Courtesy of: