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Welcome to Dant ...

Dant is located in Marion County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dant, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1885.

Dant is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel south from Dant (for example, toward Greensburg), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Dant: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Dant ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Dant - it's located in Oregon.

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

Communities near Dant ...

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

  • Bardstown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Lebanon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lebanon have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
    • Lebanon is located in Marion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,733 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lebanon <4>
  • Hodgenville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Springfield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springfield have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
    • Springfield is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,987 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springfield <4>
  • New Haven
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
    • New Haven is located in Nelson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 900 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Haven <4>
  • Loretto
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loretto have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
    • Loretto is located in Marion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loretto <4>
  • Bradfordsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bradfordsville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradfordsville
    • Bradfordsville is located in Marion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bradfordsville <4>
  • Saint Mary
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Mary have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Mary
    • Saint Mary is located in Marion County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Mary <4>
  • Raywick
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Gandertown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gandertown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gandertown
    • Gandertown is located in Marion County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Gandertown
    • From Dant to Gandertown

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dant ...

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

Adding Dant to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dant 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 Dant was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Dant post office opened in 1885.

We also found Dant in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dant.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dant. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Marion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dant - 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 Dant area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Dant 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>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.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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