Welcome to Athertonville ...

Athertonville is located in Larue County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Athertonville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Athertonville is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel south from Athertonville (for example, toward Greensburg), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Athertonville: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Athertonville ...

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

Elizabethtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Elizabethtown is located in Hardin County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,331 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elizabethtown <4>
Bardstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bardstown is located in Nelson County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,302 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bardstown <4>
Lebanon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lebanon is located in Marion County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,733 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lebanon <4>
Hodgenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hodgenville is located in Larue County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,255 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hodgenville <4>
Lebanon Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lebanon Junction is located in Bullitt County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,970 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lebanon Junction <4>
Loretto
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Loretto is located in Marion County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loretto <4>
Sonora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sonora is located in Hardin County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sonora <4>
Saint Mary
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Saint Mary is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Mary
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Mary <4>
Raywick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Raywick is located in Marion County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
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Blue Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Gap is located in Nelson County
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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 Athertonville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Athertonville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Athertonville ...

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

Adding Athertonville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Athertonville post office opened in 1884. The Athertonville post office closed in 1958.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Athertonville.

Footnotes ...

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