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Welcome to Heath ...

Heath is located in McCracken County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Heath, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Heath is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Heath: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Heath ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named Heath - they are located in Alabama, Alberta, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana (2), Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania, Tennessee (2), Texas and Utah.

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

Communities near Heath ...

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

  • Paducah
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Metropolis
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • La Center
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Brookport
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Bardwell
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Wickliffe
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Barlow
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Barlow is located in Ballard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
  • Kevil
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Lone Oak
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
  • Karnak
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Karnak is located in Pulaski County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karnak
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Karnak <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Heath ...

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

Adding Heath to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Heath post office opened in 1898. The Heath post office closed in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Heath.

Footnotes ...

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