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Welcome to Kossuth ...

Kossuth is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kossuth, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

Kossuth is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Kossuth lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Kossuth (for example, toward Irvington (KY)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Kossuth: 812 & 930<3>

Communities Also Named Kossuth ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Kossuth - they are located in Iowa, Kansas (3), Maine, Mississippi, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Texas.

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

Communities near Kossuth ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kossuth ...

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

Adding Kossuth to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Kossuth 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 Kossuth was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Kossuth post office opened in 1850. The Kossuth post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kossuth.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kossuth - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 812 code has been Overlayed with the 930 area code. New phone numbers in the Kossuth area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Kossuth area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/