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Welcome to Bancroft ...

The city of Bancroft is located in Muhlenberg County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bancroft, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Bancroft is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bancroft: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Bancroft ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Kentucky communities named Bancroft: This one is located in Muhlenberg County and the other is located in Jefferson County.

Beyond Kentucky, there are 25 communities that are also named Bancroft - they are located in California, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas (2), Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Bancroft ...

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

  • Madisonville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Central City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Central City is located in Muhlenberg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,692 people
    • Former names for Central City:
    • Moreheads Horse Mill
    • Stroud City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central City <4>
  • Greenville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Earlington
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Nortonville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • White Plains
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Mortons Gap
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Powderly
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Crofton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Drakesboro
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bancroft ...

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

Adding Bancroft to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Bancroft post office opened in 1901. The Bancroft post office closed in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bancroft.

Footnotes ...

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