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Welcome to Drum ...

Drum is located in Pulaski County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Drum, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Drum is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Drum (for example, toward Jamestown), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Drum: 606

Communities Also Named Drum ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Drum - they are located in California, Kansas and Missouri.

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

Communities near Drum ...

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

  • Somerset
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Mount Vernon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Ferguson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Ferguson is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 943 people
  • Burnside
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Science Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Eubank
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Shopville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Shopville is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shopville
  • Whetstone
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Whetstone is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone
  • Coin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Coin is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
  • Acorn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Acorn is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Drum ...

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

Adding Drum to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Drum post office opened in 1903. The Drum post office closed in 1975.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Drum.

Footnotes ...

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