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Welcome to Bloyd ...

Bloyd is located in Green County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bloyd, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Bloyd is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: While Bloyd is in the Central Time Zone, the area just to the east is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Bloyd: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Bloyd ...

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

  • Campbellsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Hodgenville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Greensburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Munfordville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • New Haven
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Loretto
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Upton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Sonora
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Bonnieville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Saint Mary
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bloyd ...

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

Adding Bloyd to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Bloyd post office opened in 1892. The Bloyd post office closed in 1956.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bloyd.

Footnotes ...

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