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Welcome to Gatewood ...

Gatewood is located in Daviess County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gatewood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

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

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

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

Area Codes for Gatewood: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Gatewood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Gatewood - they are located in Arizona, Georgia (2), Indiana (2), Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina (2), South Carolina (2), Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Gatewood ...

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

  • Owensboro
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Tell City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Santa Claus
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Rockport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • 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
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Cannelton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Cloverport
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Hawesville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Grandview
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Whitesville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gatewood ...

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

Adding Gatewood to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Gatewood post office opened in 1882. The Gatewood post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gatewood.

Footnotes ...

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