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Welcome to Goodnight ...

Goodnight is located in Barren County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Goodnight, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Goodnight is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Goodnight: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Goodnight ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Goodnight - they are located in Colorado, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas (2).

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

Communities near Goodnight ...

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

  • Glasgow
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Cave City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Horse Cave
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Munfordville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Edmonton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Smiths Grove
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Park City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Bonnieville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Hiseville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Hiseville is located in Barren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiseville
  • Oil City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Oil City is located in Barren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Goodnight ...

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

Adding Goodnight to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Goodnight post office opened in 1891. The Goodnight post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Goodnight.

Footnotes ...

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