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Welcome to Casky ...

Casky is located in Christian County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Casky, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Casky is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Casky: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Casky ...

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

  • Hopkinsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Oak Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Louise Heights
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Louise Heights is located in Montgomery County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise Heights
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5,715 people
  • Elkton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Guthrie
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Pembroke
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Crofton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Trenton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • LaFayette
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Church Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Church Hill is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Casky ...

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

Adding Casky to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Casky post office opened in 1880. The Casky post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Casky.

Footnotes ...

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