Summary for Absher

Although we found mention of Absher during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Over time, we expect to discover additional information that will be added to our Gazetteer..

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Located in: Adair County (see below)

Time Zone: Absher lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT)<2>

Telephone Area Code: (270)

Elevation: 900 feet [274.32 m] above sea level<3>

GPS Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude)<4>

For the purpose of mapping and calculating distances, we have chosen the following reference point for Absher:

Lat: 37.168700° (or 37°10'7" N)

Lon: -85.259100° (or -85°15'32" W)

USGS Topo Map: Cane Valley<5>

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Absher

GNIS ID: 507369

FIPS State / Place Code: 21 / 00190

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Absher)

About Adair County

The community of Columbia is the County Seat for Adair County.

From the 2010 US Census (For more detail, see our Census Page for Adair)

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:<6>	19,472 (4.37% increase since 2010)
2010	18,656 (8.19% increase since 2000)
2000:	17,244

Total Area:<7> 412.4 sq. miles [1,068.1 km²] - of which 1.73% is water (7.12 sq. miles [18.4 km²])

Housing Units: <8> 8,568

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Adair

GNIS ID: 516847

FIPS State / County Code: 21 / 001

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Absher)

About Kentucky

From the US Census

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:	4,472,345 (3.06% increase since 2010)
2010:	4,339,367 (7.36% increase since 2000)
2000:	4,041,769

Websites for State of Kentucky

Official Website: https://kentucky.gov/

Tourism: https://www.kentuckytourism.com/

Parks: https://parks.ky.gov/

Fishing & Hunting: https://fw.ky.gov/

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for State of Kentucky

GNIS ID: 1779786

FIPS State: 21

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Absher)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Absher and then turned east". While Absher could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Absher as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Absher could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. Since confusion between counties is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Kentucky community named Absher.
<2>	While Absher is in the Central Time Zone, the area to the east is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).
<3>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Absher - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>	Longitude & latitude values may not be the geographic center of Absher, rather it may be a prominent intersection or the center of population, etc. It will vary depending on the source.
<5>	Name of the USGS 7.5 Minute topographic map which includes Absher.
<6>	Every year, the US Census Bureau creates a population estimate for the preceeding year. Keep in mind that this value is an estimate and not an actual count. The most recent Census estimate is for the year 2019.
<7>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Absher. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group.
<8>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live (whether occupied or temporarily vacant), such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway).