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Welcome to Floral ...

Floral is located in Hancock County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Floral, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Floral is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Floral: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Floral ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Floral - they are located in Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas and Saskatchewan.

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

Communities near Floral ...

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

  • Owensboro
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Tell City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Hardinsburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Rockport
    (14 miles [22.5 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
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cannelton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Cloverport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Hawesville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Grandview
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Whitesville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Floral ...

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

Adding Floral to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Floral post office opened in 1889. The Floral post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Floral.

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>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Floral - 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 Floral area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Floral 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/