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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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Radcliff have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radcliff
    • Radcliff is located in Hardin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,923 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Radcliff <4>
  • Shepherdsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shepherdsville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherdsville
    • Shepherdsville is located in Bullitt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,297 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shepherdsville <4>
  • Vine Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vine Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Grove
    • Vine Grove is located in Hardin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,554 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vine Grove <4>
  • Brandenburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brandenburg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandenburg
    • Brandenburg is located in Meade County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,879 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brandenburg <4>
  • Lebanon Junction
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lebanon Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon Junction
    • Lebanon Junction is located in Bullitt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,970 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lebanon Junction <4>
  • Irvington
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irvington have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington
    • Irvington is located in Breckinridge County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irvington <4>
  • 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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekron
    • Ekron is located in Meade County
    • 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 for Grahamton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Grahamton post office opened in 1880.

We also found Grahamton in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grahamton.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grahamton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/

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>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.
<6>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.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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