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Welcome to Arrington Corner ...

Arrington Corner is located in Hancock County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Arrington Corner: Arrington Cor. (or less commonly used: Arrington Crn.)

Arrington Corner is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Arrington Corner (for example, toward Vine Grove), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Arrington Corner: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Arrington Corner ...

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

  • Owensboro
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Tell City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Hardinsburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Rockport
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockport is located in Spencer County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,136 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockport <4>
  • Lewisport
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Cannelton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Cloverport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hawesville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Grandview
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Whitesville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Arrington Corner ...

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

Footnotes ...

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