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Welcome to Edenton ...

Although we found mention of Edenton during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Edenton was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

We've added Edenton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Edenton, please Contact Us.



We aren't confident of the location of Edenton, so consider the above location as an estimate.<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Edenton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1867.

Edenton is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Edenton might be (or was) located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

We believe that Edenton would be found within the (859) area code.

Communities Also Named Edenton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Edenton - they are located in New York, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Edenton ...

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

  • Lexington - Fayette
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington - Fayette
    • Lexington - Fayette is located in Fayette County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 324,735 people
  • Richmond
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Nicholasville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Danville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Berea
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
    • Berea is located in Madison County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,287 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berea <4>
  • Harrodsburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrodsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
    • Harrodsburg is located in Mercer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,544 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrodsburg <4>
  • Wilmore
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lancaster
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lancaster have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
    • Lancaster is located in Garrard County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,840 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lancaster <4>
  • Stanford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Burgin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Edenton ...

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

Adding Edenton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Edenton post office opened in 1867.

We also found Edenton in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Edenton.

The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Edenton and then turned west". While Edenton could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Edenton as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Edenton could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Edenton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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