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Welcome to Beauty ...

Beauty is located in Martin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beauty, you might consider that their post office opened in 1929.

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

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

Note: If you leave Beauty and travel west, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Beauty: 606

The ZIP code for Beauty: 41203<3>

Communities Also Named Beauty ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Beauty - they are located in New Mexico and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Beauty ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beauty ...

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

Adding Beauty to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Beauty post office opened in 1929.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beauty.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Martin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beauty - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Beauty). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Beauty or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<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/