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Welcome to Ensor ...

Ensor is located in Daviess County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ensor, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Ensor is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Ensor: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Ensor ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Ensor - it's located in Tennessee.

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

Communities near Ensor ...

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

  • Owensboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Tell City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Rockport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockport is located in Spencer County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,136 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockport <4>
  • Lewisport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Cannelton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Cloverport
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Hawesville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Grandview
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Whitesville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Fordsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ensor ...

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

Adding Ensor to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ensor 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 Ensor was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Ensor post office opened in 1886. The Ensor post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ensor.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Daviess, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ensor - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 Ensor area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Ensor area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/