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Welcome to Harveyton ...

Harveyton is located in Perry County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harveyton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1923.

Harveyton is 1,100 feet [335 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Harveyton: 606

Communities near Harveyton ...

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

  • Hazard
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jackson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Hindman
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Pippa Passes
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Pippa Passes is located in Knott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
  • Hyden
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Vicco
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Vicco is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicco
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
  • Blackey
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Blackey is located in Letcher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
  • Buckhorn
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Ary
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Butterfly
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Butterfly is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfly

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harveyton ...

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

Adding Harveyton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Harveyton 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 Harveyton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Harveyton post office opened in 1923. The Harveyton post office closed in 1965.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harveyton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Perry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Harveyton - 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>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/