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Welcome to Bristletown ...

Bristletown is located in Barren County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bristletown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Bristletown is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Bristletown (for example, toward Monticello), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Bristletown: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Bristletown ...

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

  • Glasgow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Scottsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Cave City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Horse Cave
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Edmonton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Smiths Grove
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Park City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Hiseville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Hiseville is located in Barren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiseville
  • Oakland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Oakland is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
  • Fountain Run
    (14 miles [22.5 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 Bristletown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bristletown.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bristletown ...

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

Adding Bristletown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Bristletown post office opened in 1898. The Bristletown post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bristletown.

Footnotes ...

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