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Welcome to Camp Taylor ...

Camp Taylor is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Camp Taylor, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1922.

A typical abbreviation for Camp Taylor: Cp. Taylor

Camp Taylor is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Camp Taylor and travel west, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Camp Taylor: 502

Communities Also Named Camp Taylor ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Camp Taylor - it's located in California.

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

Communities near Camp Taylor ...

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

  • Louisville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jeffersonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • New Albany
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jeffersontown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Clarksville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarksville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
    • Clarksville is located in Clark County (IN)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,447 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarksville <3>
  • Saint Matthews
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Matthews have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Matthews
    • Saint Matthews is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,985 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Matthews <3>
  • Shively
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Mount Washington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Washington have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
    • Mount Washington is located in Bullitt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,907 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Washington <3>
  • Shepherdsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shepherdsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherdsville
    • Shepherdsville is located in Bullitt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,297 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shepherdsville <3>
  • Lyndon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyndon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon
    • Lyndon is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,445 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyndon <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Camp Taylor ...

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

Adding Camp Taylor to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Camp Taylor post office opened in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Camp Taylor.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Camp Taylor - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/