RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Kentucky >> Harlan County >> DillonIndex...

Welcome to Dillon ...

Dillon is located in Harlan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dillon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915.

Dillon is 1,280 feet [390 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Dillon: 606

Communities Also Named Dillon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Dillon - they are located in California, Colorado, Georgia (3), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi (2), Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Ontario, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Dillon ...

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

  • Cumberland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Pennington Gap
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pennington Gap is located in Lee County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Gap
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,708 people
  • Harlan
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jonesville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Evarts
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Lynch
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Loyall
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Loyall is located in Harlan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyall
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
  • Benham
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Hyden
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Wallins Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Wallins Creek is located in Harlan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Creek
    • Estimated population in 2016: 146 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 Dillon. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dillon.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dillon ...

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

Adding Dillon to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Dillon post office opened in 1915. The Dillon post office closed in 1927.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dillon.

Footnotes ...

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