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Welcome to Davenport Landing ...

Davenport Landing is located in Muhlenberg County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Davenport Landing: Davenport Lndg. (or less commonly used: Davenport Lndng.)

Davenport Landing is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Davenport Landing (for example, toward Upton), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Davenport Landing: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Davenport Landing ...

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

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

Communities near Davenport Landing ...

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

  • Central City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Central City is located in Muhlenberg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,692 people
    • Former names for Central City:
    • Moreheads Horse Mill
    • Stroud City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central City <4>
  • Greenville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Beaver Dam
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Hartford
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Morgantown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Lewisburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Powderly
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Drakesboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Island
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Centertown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Centertown is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 430 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 Davenport Landing. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Davenport Landing.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Davenport Landing ...

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

Footnotes ...

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