Welcome to Horntown ...Horntown is located in Grayson County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Horntown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882. Horntown is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Horntown lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: While Horntown is in the Central Time Zone, the area just to the east is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Area Codes for Horntown: 270 & 364<3> Communities Also Named Horntown ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Kentucky communities named Horntown: This one is located in Grayson County and the other is located in Russell County. Beyond Kentucky, there are 4 communities that are also named Horntown - they are located in Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Horntown. Communities near Horntown ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Horntown.
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 Horntown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Horntown. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Horntown. 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 Horntown. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Horntown. See our Newspapers Page for Horntown. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Horntown ...Looking for more information about Horntown? 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 Horntown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Horntown. Adding Horntown to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Horntown 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 Horntown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Horntown. Footnotes ...
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