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Welcome to Asphalt ...

Asphalt is located in Edmonson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Asphalt, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

Asphalt is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Asphalt: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Asphalt ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Asphalt - it's located in Utah.

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

Communities near Asphalt ...

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

  • Bowling Green
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bowling Green is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,631 people
    • Former names for Bowling Green:
    • Bolin Green
    • McFadden's Station
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowling Green <4>
  • Morgantown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Brownsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Smiths Grove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Caneyville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Park City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Plum Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Plum Springs is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
  • Oakland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Oakland is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
  • Woodbury
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Woodbury is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
  • Huff
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Huff is located in Edmonson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Asphalt ...

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

Adding Asphalt to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Asphalt post office opened in 1905. The Asphalt post office closed in 1958.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Asphalt.

Footnotes ...

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