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Time in Tennessee, as in all U.S. states, is regulated by the United States Department of Transportation. About 73 percent of the counties in the state of Tennessee lie in the Central Time Zone, mostly the western and middle grand divisions, while East Tennessee is mostly in the Eastern Time Zone except for three counties in that division. [1] [2]
The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, and a few Caribbean islands. [1]In parts of that zone (20 states in the US, three provinces or territories in Canada, and several border municipalities in Mexico), the Central Time Zone is affected by two time designations yearly: Central Standard Time (CST) is observed from ...
East Tennessee consists of 33 counties, 30 located within the Eastern Time Zone and three counties in the Central Time Zone, namely Bledsoe, Cumberland, and Marion. [1] East Tennessee is entirely located within the Appalachian Mountains , although the landforms range from densely forested 6,000-foot (1,800 m) mountains to broad river valleys.
Eastern Time: Between 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. depending on the time zone Tennessee Local time: 8:00 p.m. (counties in Eastern Time Zone); 7:00 p.m. (counties in Central Time Zone)
Time zones of the world. A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between countries and their subdivisions instead of strictly following longitude, because it is convenient for areas in frequent communication to keep the same time.
Nearly three–fourths of the state is in the Central Time Zone, with most of East Tennessee on Eastern Time. [183] The Tennessee River forms most of the division between Middle and West Tennessee. [181] Tennessee's eastern boundary roughly follows the highest crests of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and the Mississippi River forms its western ...
Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,837. [2] Its county seat is Jasper. [3] Marion County is part of the Chattanooga, AL–TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Marion County is in the Central time zone, while Chattanooga proper is in the Eastern time zone.
The boundary between 423 and 615 roughly followed the line between the Eastern and Central time zones; generally, Tennessee's share of the Eastern Time Zone was in 423. As a result, the state's three area codes were roughly coextensive with the traditional Grand Divisions of Tennessee.