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Welcome to Fogertown ...

Fogertown is located in Clay County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fogertown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Fogertown is 1,070 feet [326 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Fogertown: 606

Communities near Fogertown ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fogertown ...

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

Adding Fogertown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fogertown post office opened in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fogertown.

Footnotes ...

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