Welcome to Akersville ...
Akersville is located in Monroe County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Akersville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.
Akersville is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Akersville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you travel east from Akersville, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).
Area Codes for Akersville: 270 & 364<3>
Communities Also Named Akersville ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Akersville - it's located in Pennsylvania.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Akersville.
Communities near Akersville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Akersville.
- Difficult
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lafayette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Scottsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Westmoreland
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Tompkinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tompkinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkinsville
- Tompkinsville is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,229 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tompkinsville <4>
- Red Boiling Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Boiling Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Boiling Springs
- Red Boiling Springs is located in Macon County (TN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,124 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Boiling Springs <4>
- Gamaliel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fountain Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Holland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holland have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Holland is located in Allen County
- Frog Pond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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 Akersville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Akersville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Akersville. 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 Akersville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Akersville. See our Newspapers Page for Akersville.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Akersville ...
Looking for more information about Akersville? 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 Akersville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Akersville.
Adding Akersville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Akersville 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 Akersville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Akersville post office opened in 1885.
We also found Akersville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Akersville.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Monroe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Akersville - 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 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Akersville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Akersville 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> | 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. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |