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Welcome to Grahamton ...

Grahamton is located in Meade County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grahamton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Grahamton is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Grahamton (for example, toward Irvington), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Grahamton: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Grahamton ...

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

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

Communities near Grahamton ...

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

  • Elizabethtown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Radcliff
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Shepherdsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Vine Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Brandenburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Lebanon Junction
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Irvington
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • West Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Elizabeth
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Ekron
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Ekron is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekron
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grahamton ...

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

Adding Grahamton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Grahamton post office opened in 1880. The Grahamton post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grahamton.

Footnotes ...

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