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Welcome to Cardiff ...

Cardiff is located in Scott County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cardiff, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Cardiff is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Cardiff: 479

Communities Also Named Cardiff ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Cardiff - they are located in Alabama, Alberta, California, Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland (2), New Jersey, New York, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas.

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

Communities near Cardiff ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cardiff ...

Looking for more information about Cardiff? 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 Cardiff, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cardiff.

Adding Cardiff to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cardiff 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 (so far) for Cardiff was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Cardiff post office opened in 1889. The Cardiff post office closed in 1926.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cardiff.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Scott, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cardiff - 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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