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History · Coalmont

Coalmont’s post office opened in 1903, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Coalmont was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Its Register listing is the Coalmont Bank Building. Below: maps from 1936 on and the census since 1960.

1903first post office
1on the National Register
5%homes built before 1940
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How Coalmont began

When was Coalmont founded?

1903

The Coalmont post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1904.

First census: 458 in 19602020 census: 784123 years
Founding year: the first Coalmont post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1904.The full story ↓

What stands out about Coalmont’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Coalmont are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Coalmont’s history is told.

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The story

How Coalmont came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Coalmont.

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Coalmont was established as a coal mining company town around 1904, operated by the Sewanee Coal, Coke and Land Company. Residences, businesses and commercial buildings in Coalmont were built and owned by the company, but individual miners could also build their own homes. A battery of coke ovens dating from the first decade of the 20th century is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Coalmont Bank Building also is listed.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Coalmont on the map, 1936 to 1983

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Coalmont. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Coalmont on the 1936 USGS mapCoalmont on the 1947 USGS mapCoalmont on the 1950 USGS mapCoalmont on the 1974 USGS mapCoalmont on the 1983 USGS map1936Tracy City sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Coalmont.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Coalmont

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. Boundary changes and added documentation are counted with their listing.

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Coalmont Bank Building
Coalmont Bank Building
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Coalmont Bank BuildingBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Coalmont, census by census

02004006008001,0001960198020002020Peak: 948

Between 458 and 948 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Coalmont’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Coalmont

Nobody well known was born in Coalmont itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Dinah ShoreAmerican singer and actress · b. 1916
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John TempletonAmerican-born British stock investor, businessm… · b. 1912
Jobyna RalstonAmerican actress · b. 1899
Peter TurneyAmerican politician · b. 1827
Tom StewartAmerican politician · b. 1892
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Samuel C. LindRadiation chemist · b. 1879
Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Coalmont’s post office has been open since 1903.

Hamlets and corners on the map
DogtownSweeton Hill
Gone or out of use
Sweeton Hill Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Coalmont
Bonnie OakCoalmont

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

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Questions about Coalmont’s history

What year was Coalmont founded?

The Coalmont post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1904.

What is on the National Register in Coalmont?

One place: the Coalmont Bank Building (listed 1991).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.