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Welcome to Ammie ...

Ammie is located in Clay County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ammie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

Ammie is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Ammie: 606

Communities near Ammie ...

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

  • Manchester
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Annville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Hyden
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Booneville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Buckhorn
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Fall Rock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Fall Rock is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Rock
  • Mistletoe
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Mistletoe is located in Owsley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mistletoe
  • Sextons Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sextons Creek is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextons Creek
  • Burning Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Burning Springs is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs
  • Eriline
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Eriline is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eriline

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ammie ...

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

Adding Ammie to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ammie 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 Ammie was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Ammie post office opened in 1881. The Ammie post office closed in 1962.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ammie.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Clay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ammie - 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/