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Welcome to Cliff ...

Cliff is located in Floyd County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cliff, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Cliff is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Cliff: 606

Communities Also Named Cliff ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Cliff - they are located in Colorado (2), Idaho, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Utah.

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

Communities near Cliff ...

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

  • Pikeville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Paintsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Salyersville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Coal Run Village
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Coal Run Village is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Run Village
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,494 people
  • Inez
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Martin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Wayland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Wayland is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
  • Allen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • 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>
  • East Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Blue River
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Blue River is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cliff ...

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

Adding Cliff to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cliff post office opened in 1903. The Cliff post office closed in 1973.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cliff.

Footnotes ...

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