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Welcome to Fredville ...

Fredville is located in Magoffin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fredville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1916.

Fredville is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Fredville: 606

Communities Also Named Fredville ...

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

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

Communities near Fredville ...

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

  • Paintsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Prestonsburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Salyersville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hindman
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Pippa Passes
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Pippa Passes is located in Knott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
  • Martin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Wayland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Wayland is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
  • Allen
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Allen is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
    • Allen has also been known as:
    • Beaver Creek Junction
    • Beaver Creek
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <3>
  • David
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • David is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for David
  • Gunlock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Gunlock is located in Magoffin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunlock

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fredville ...

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

Adding Fredville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fredville post office opened in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fredville.

Footnotes ...

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