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Welcome to Dehart ...

Dehart is located in Morgan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dehart, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909.

Dehart is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: While Dehart is in the Eastern Time Zone, the area just to the south is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Dehart: 606

Communities Also Named Dehart ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Dehart - it's located in North Carolina.

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

Communities near Dehart ...

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

  • Morehead
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • West Liberty
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sandy Hook
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Frenchburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Campton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Salt Lick
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Lakeview Heights
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeview Heights is located in Rowan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
  • Ebon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Ebon is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebon
  • Wrigley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Wrigley is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrigley
  • Grassy Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Grassy Creek is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dehart ...

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

Adding Dehart to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dehart 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 Dehart was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Dehart post office opened in 1909. The Dehart post office closed in 1963.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dehart.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Morgan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dehart - 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>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/