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Welcome to Frymire ...

Frymire is located in Breckinridge County<1>.

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

Frymire is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Frymire: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Frymire ...

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

  • Tell City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Brandenburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Hardinsburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Cannelton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Irvington
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Cloverport
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Leavenworth
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Ekron
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Ekron is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekron
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
  • Mauckport
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Laconia
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Laconia is located in Harrison County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laconia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laconia <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Frymire ...

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

Adding Frymire to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Frymire post office opened in 1900. The Frymire post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Frymire.

Footnotes ...

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