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Welcome to Fragrant ...

Fragrant is located in Grayson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fragrant, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Fragrant is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Fragrant: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Fragrant ...

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

  • Leitchfield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Munfordville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Clarkson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Brownsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Upton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Caneyville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Sonora
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Bonnieville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Big Clifty
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Big Clifty is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Clifty
  • Spurrier
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Spurrier is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrier

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fragrant ...

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

Adding Fragrant to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fragrant post office opened in 1900. The Fragrant post office closed in 1924.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fragrant.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Grayson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fragrant - 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 Fragrant area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Fragrant 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/