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Welcome to Trigg Furnace ...

Trigg Furnace is located in Trigg County<1>.



While we don't have a date for the founding of Trigg Furnace, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1871.

Trigg Furnace is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Trigg Furnace lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The telephone area code for Trigg Furnace: (270)

Communities near Trigg Furnace ...

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

  • Princeton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Cadiz
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cadiz have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz
    • Cadiz is located in Trigg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,714 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cadiz <3>
  • Eddyville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Kuttawa
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Grand Rivers
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Rivers have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rivers
    • Grand Rivers is located in Livingston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Rivers <3>
  • Canton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
    • Canton is located in Trigg County
  • Hopson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson
    • Hopson is located in Caldwell County
  • Cobb
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cobb have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
    • Cobb is located in Caldwell County
  • McGowan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McGowan have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGowan
    • McGowan is located in Caldwell County
  • Aurora
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Trigg Furnace ...

Looking for more information about Trigg Furnace? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Trigg Furnace, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Trigg Furnace.

Adding Trigg Furnace to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Trigg Furnace in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Trigg Furnace was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Trigg Furnace post office opened in 1871.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Trigg Furnace.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Trigg Furnace. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Trigg, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Trigg Furnace - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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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