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Welcome to Badger ...

Badger is located in Taylor County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Badger, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Badger is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: While Badger is in the Eastern Time Zone, the area just to the west is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Badger: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Badger ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Badger - they are located in Alaska, California, Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Manitoba, Minnesota (2), Nebraska (2), Newfoundland and Labrador, South Dakota, Texas, Washington (2), Wisconsin and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Badger ...

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

  • Campbellsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lebanon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Hodgenville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Greensburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • New Haven
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Loretto
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Mary
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Raywick
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Allendale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Allendale is located in Green County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
  • Stiles
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Stiles is located in Nelson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Badger ...

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

Adding Badger to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Badger post office opened in 1899. The Badger post office closed in 1932.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Badger.

Footnotes ...

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