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Welcome to Pearson ...

So far, we found very little information about Pearson. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Pearson to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pearson, please Contact Us.


Pearson would have been located within present day Bledsoe County<2>.


The location of Pearson has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Pearson, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Pearson is 1,750 feet [533 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Pearson was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Pearson (for example, toward Sale Creek), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Pearson would have been located in the (423) area code.

Communities Also Named Pearson ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named Pearson - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California (2), Georgia (2), Idaho, Maryland, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ontario, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin (2) and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pearson.

Communities near Pearson ...

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

  • Clarktown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
    • Clarktown is located in White County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
  • Crossville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Dayton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Lake Tansi Village
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tansi Village
    • Lake Tansi Village is located in Cumberland County
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,803 people
  • Sopha ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sopha have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopha
    • Sopha is located in Van Buren County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,104 people
  • Newton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
    • Newton is located in Cumberland County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,968 people
    • Newton has also been known as:
    • Peay
  • Spring City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Pikeville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Spencer
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spencer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
    • Spencer is located in Van Buren County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,710 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spencer <5>
  • Graysville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graysville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
    • Graysville is located in Rhea County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people

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

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

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

Adding Pearson to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pearson in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Pearson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Pearson post office opened in 1888.

We also found Pearson in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pearson.

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pearson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Bledsoe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pearson - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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