Welcome to Grace ...
Grace is located in Clay County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Grace, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.
Grace is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Grace lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you travel west from Grace, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).
Area Code for Grace: 606
Communities Also Named Grace ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 24 communities that are also named Grace - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas (2), Georgia, Idaho (2), Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (2), Washington and West Virginia (2).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Grace.
Communities near Grace ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Grace.
- London
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Manchester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- McKee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Annville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Annville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annville
- Annville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Annville <3>
- Burning Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Burning Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs
- Burning Springs is located in Clay County
- Fall Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fall Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Rock
- Fall Rock is located in Clay County
- Marydell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydell
- Marydell is located in Laurel County
- Bush
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bush have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
- Bush is located in Laurel County
- Hima
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hima
- Hima is located in Clay County
- Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Lake is located in Laurel County
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 Grace. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Grace.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Grace. 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 Grace.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Grace. See our Newspapers Page for Grace.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grace ...
Looking for more information about Grace? 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 Grace, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Grace.
Adding Grace to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Grace 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 for Grace was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Grace post office opened in 1898.
We also found Grace on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Kentucky (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Grace.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Clay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Grace - 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |