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Welcome to Anton ...

Anton is located in Hopkins County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Anton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Anton is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Anton: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Anton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Anton - they are located in Colorado, Texas and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Anton ...

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

  • Madisonville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Central City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Central City is located in Muhlenberg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,692 people
    • Former names for Central City:
    • Moreheads Horse Mill
    • Stroud City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central City <4>
  • Greenville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Providence
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Sebree
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Earlington
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Livermore
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Nortonville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • White Plains
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Dixon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Dixon is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Anton ...

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

Adding Anton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Anton post office opened in 1900. The Anton post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Anton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Hopkins, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Anton - 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 Anton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Anton 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/