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Welcome to Easton ...

Easton is located in Hancock County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Easton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

When the people of Easton refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Eastonian<2>

Easton is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Easton lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Easton (for example, toward Vine Grove), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Easton: 270 & 364<4>

Communities Also Named Easton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 33 communities that are also named Easton - they are located in Alabama (2), California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania (3), Tennessee (2), Texas, Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Easton ...

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

  • Tell City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Hardinsburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Lewisport
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Cannelton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Cloverport
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Hawesville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Whitesville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Fordsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Tar Fork
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Tar Fork is located in Breckinridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar Fork
  • Patesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Patesville is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patesville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Easton ...

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

Adding Easton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Easton 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 Easton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Easton post office opened in 1893. The Easton post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Easton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Hancock, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Easton refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Easton may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Easton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Easton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Easton area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/