Welcome to Davisville ...
Davisville is located in Lawrence County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Davisville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.
Davisville is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Davisville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you leave Davisville and travel west, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).
Area Code for Davisville: 606
Communities Also Named Davisville ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Davisville - they are located in Alabama (2), Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire (2), New Jersey (2), Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas (2) and West Virginia (2).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Davisville.
Communities near Davisville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Davisville.
- Paintsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintsville
- Paintsville is located in Johnson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,925 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paintsville <3>
- Louisa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisa
- Louisa is located in Lawrence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,325 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisa <3>
- Salyersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salyersville
- Salyersville is located in Magoffin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,639 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salyersville <3>
- Fort Gay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gay
- Fort Gay is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Inez
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Inez. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
- Inez is located in Martin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 614 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inez <3>
- Sandy Hook
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Sandy Hook is located in Elliott County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandy Hook <3>
- Blaine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Blaine is located in Lawrence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blaine <3>
- Cando ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Flatgap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatgap
- Flatgap is located in Johnson County
- Martha
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martha
- Martha is located in Lawrence County
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 Davisville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Davisville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Davisville. 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 Davisville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Davisville. See our Newspapers Page for Davisville.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Davisville ...
Looking for more information about Davisville? 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 Davisville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Davisville.
Adding Davisville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Davisville 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 Davisville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
X2X - From that list, the Davisville post office opened in 1898.
We also found Davisville on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Kentucky (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Davisville.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Davisville. 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 Lawrence, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Davisville - 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> | 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. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |