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Welcome to Guffie ...

Guffie is located in McLean County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Guffie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Guffie is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Guffie: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Guffie ...

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

  • Owensboro
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Sebree
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Livermore
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Calhoun
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Calhoun is located in McLean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 723 people
    • Former names for Calhoun:
    • Calhoon
    • Fort Vienna
    • Vienna Station
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calhoun <4>
  • Hanson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Robards
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Island
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Sacramento
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Centertown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Centertown is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
  • Slaughters
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Slaughters is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 206 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 Guffie. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Guffie.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Guffie ...

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

Adding Guffie to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Guffie post office opened in 1894. The Guffie post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Guffie.

Footnotes ...

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