~ continuing research by Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge ~
(NOTE: Names in orange text are navigable links. This page is not to be uploaded, attached, or "cached" to other websites of any kind or printed in publications.)
| POLK COUNTY POST OFFICE | POSTMASTER | DATE ESTABLISHED | DATE DISCONTINUED | COMMENTS |
| Apalacha | 1908 | 1909 | ||
| Archville | 1900 | 1956 | ||
| Austral | 1908 | 1922 | ||
| Bell's Mill | 1858 | 1859 | ||
| Benton | 1845 | 1864 | William B. Reynolds, postmaster on Jan 1851 list | |
| Benton | 1865 | current | 188 Main St zip 37307 | |
| Bentonville | 1840 | 1845 | ||
| Bonnie | 1901 | 1914 | ||
| Broad Shoals | 1868 | 1870 | ||
| Brush Creek | 1854 | 1869 | ||
| Canasauga | 1840 | John Kennedy, postmaster on Jan 1851 list | ||
| Conasauga | October 1874 | August 15, 2009 | zip 37316 | |
| Chable | 1886 | 1918 | ||
| Chestuee Mills | 1876 | 1907 | ||
| Columbus | John White | 1840 | 1851 | John White, postmaster on Jan 1851 list |
| Copeland | 1882 | 1888 | ||
| Copper Mines | 1854 | 1859 | ||
| Copperhill | 1898 | current | 145 Ocoee St zip code 37317 | |
| Culchota | 1848 | 1851 | William W. Hancock, postmaster on Jan 1851 list | |
| Davidson's Store | S. W. Davidson | July 1857 | 1858 | |
| Delano | August 14, 1909 | current | 9673 HWY 411 zip 37325 | |
| Ducktown | 1858 | current | 1656 N. HWY 68 zip 37326 | |
| Farner | ? | current | 110 Underwood Dr zip 37333 | |
| Grace | 1913 | 1926 | ||
| Greasy Creek | Elisha Dodson, per Jan 1851 list | 1848 | 1854 | |
| Hambright | 1910 | 1912 | ||
| Heliotrope | 1882 | 1908 | ||
| Heyser | 1904 | 1907 | ||
| Hickey | 1898 | 1906 | ||
| Higdon's Store | 1854 | 1868 | ||
| Hiwassee Copper Mines | 1851 | 1854 | ||
| Hyatt | 1908 | 1931 | ||
| Isabella | 1893 | March 11, 1998 | zip 37346 | |
| Kimsey | 1888 | 1901 | ||
| Kimsey's Store | 1852 | 1867 | ||
| Leadhill | 1907 | 1910 | ||
| Lonsville | 1852 | 1860 | ||
| McCays | 1890 | 1908 | ||
| McFarland | 1895 | 1939 | ||
| Mug | 1898 | 1912 | ||
| Ocoa | James Sloan on Jan 1851 list | 1843 | 1866 | |
| Ocoee | 1873 | current | 3754 HWY 411 zip 37361 | |
| Ocoee Tank | 1908 | 1909 | ||
| Old Fort | 1888 | 1910 | ||
| Old Fort | 1910 | current | 2314 HWY 411 zip 37362 | |
| Owen | 1891 | 1892 | ||
| Parksville | Col. James Parks | 1854 | 1915 | |
| Patty | 1890 | 1932 | ||
| Pelton | 1853 | 1855 | ||
| Postelle | 1899 | August 20, 1988 | zip 37368 | |
| Prendergast | 1909 | 1926 | ||
| Probst | 1909 | 1912 | ||
| Red Spring | William Mills, per Jan 1851 list | 1850 | 1853 | |
| Reliance | Sarah Reed Vaughn | 1881 | May 21, 2011 | zip 37369 |
| Rymer | 1880 | 1900 | ||
| Sagetown | 1899 | 1909 | ||
| Sandhill | 1890 | 1908 | ||
| Servilla | 1881 | 1914 / (later re-established until 1956?) | ||
| Smith Creek | 1944 | 1945 | ||
| Springtown | William Morgan, on Jan 1851 list | 1843 | 1879 | (re-established 1914 - ?) |
| Sylco | Abraham McKissack, per Jan 1851 list | 1850 | 1911 | |
| Turtletown | 1890 | current | 4600 HWY 68 zip 37391 | |
| Wetmore | 1854 | 1943 |
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This site is dedicated to the memory of my mother,
Beulah Cline Nipper, a beautiful product of the Knobs.
