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Welcome to Ardery ...

Ardery is located in Jackson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ardery, you might consider that their post office opened in 1922.

Ardery is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Ardery, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Ardery: 606

Communities near Ardery ...

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

  • Berea
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Berea is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,287 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berea <3>
  • London
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Mount Vernon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Brodhead
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • McKee
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Annville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Livingston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Dabolt
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Dabolt is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabolt
  • Peoples
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Peoples is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoples
  • Mullins
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Mullins is located in Rockcastle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ardery ...

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

Adding Ardery to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ardery in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Ardery was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Ardery post office opened in 1922. The Ardery post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ardery.

Footnotes ...

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