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Welcome to Daniel Boone ...

Daniel Boone is located in Hopkins County<1>.

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

Daniel Boone is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Daniel Boone: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Daniel Boone ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Daniel Boone - it's located in Virginia.

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

Communities near Daniel Boone ...

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

  • Madisonville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Greenville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Dawson Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Earlington
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • White Plains
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Mortons Gap
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Powderly
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Hanson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Crofton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Nebo
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Nebo is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Daniel Boone ...

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

Adding Daniel Boone to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Daniel Boone post office opened in 1903. The Daniel Boone post office closed in 1950.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Daniel Boone.

Footnotes ...

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