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Welcome to Hatfield ...

Hatfield is located in Pike County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hatfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

Hatfield is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Hatfield, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Hatfield: 606

Communities Also Named Hatfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Hatfield - they are located in Arkansas, California, Indiana, Kansas (2), Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Ohio (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Saskatchewan, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Hatfield ...

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

  • Pikeville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Williamson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Coal Run Village
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Coal Run Village is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Run Village
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,494 people
  • Inez
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Delbarton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Matewan
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Kermit
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Kermit is located in Mingo County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kermit
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kermit <3>
  • Warfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Chattaroy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Chattaroy is located in Mingo County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattaroy
  • Pilgrim
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pilgrim is located in Martin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hatfield ...

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

Adding Hatfield to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hatfield post office opened in 1876. The Hatfield post office closed in 1959.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hatfield.

Footnotes ...

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