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Welcome to Bordley ...

Bordley is located in Union County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bordley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1828.

Bordley is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bordley: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Bordley ...

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

  • Morganfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Providence
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Marion
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Marion is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,850 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <4>
  • Sturgis
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Sebree
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Clay
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Clay is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,091 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clay <4>
  • Uniontown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Uniontown is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
  • Dixon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Dixon is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
  • Corydon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Waverly
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bordley ...

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

Adding Bordley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Bordley post office opened in 1828. The Bordley post office closed in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bordley.

Footnotes ...

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