Welcome to Kentucky ...Kentucky is located in Saline County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Kentucky, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879. Kentucky is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Kentucky lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Kentucky: 501 Communities Also Named Kentucky ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Kentucky - they are located in Illinois, Michigan (2) and Ontario. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kentucky. Communities near Kentucky ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Kentucky.
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 Kentucky. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Kentucky. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Kentucky. 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 Kentucky. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Kentucky. See our Newspapers Page for Kentucky. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kentucky ...Looking for more information about Kentucky? 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 Kentucky, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Kentucky. Adding Kentucky to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Kentucky 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 (so far) for Kentucky was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Kentucky. Footnotes ...
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