Welcome to Defries ...Defries is located in Hart County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Defries, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890. Defries is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Defries lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Defries (for example, toward Campbellsville), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Area Codes for Defries: 270 & 364<3> Communities near Defries ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Defries.
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 Defries. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Defries. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Defries. 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 Defries. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Defries. See our Newspapers Page for Defries. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Defries ...Looking for more information about Defries? 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 Defries, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Defries. Adding Defries to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Defries 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 Defries was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Defries. Footnotes ...
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