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Welcome to Broad Bottom ...

Broad Bottom is located in Pike County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Broad Bottom, you might consider that their post office opened in 1924.

Broad Bottom is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Broad Bottom: 606

Communities near Broad Bottom ...

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

  • Pikeville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Prestonsburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Williamson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Martin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Wheelwright
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Wheelwright is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelwright
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
  • Wayland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Wayland is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
  • Allen
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Allen is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
    • Allen has also been known as:
    • Beaver Creek Junction
    • Beaver Creek
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <3>
  • Cedarville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedarville is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
  • Grethel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Grethel is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grethel
  • Osborn
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Osborn is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Broad Bottom ...

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

Adding Broad Bottom to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Broad Bottom post office opened in 1924. The Broad Bottom post office closed in 1984.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Broad Bottom.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Pike, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Broad Bottom - 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/