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Welcome to Bourne ...

Bourne is located in Garrard County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bourne, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Bourne is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Bourne: 859

Communities Also Named Bourne ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Bourne - they are located in Massachusetts, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

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

Communities near Bourne ...

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

  • Richmond
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Nicholasville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Danville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Harrodsburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Wilmore
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Lancaster
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Stanford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Junction City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Burgin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Crab Orchard
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bourne ...

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

Adding Bourne to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bourne 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 Bourne was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Bourne post office opened in 1891. The Bourne post office closed in 1949.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bourne.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Garrard, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bourne - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/