Welcome to Horse Cave ...The city of Horse Cave is located in Hart County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Horse Cave, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Horse Cave has a population of 2,422 people<2> (see below for details). Horse Cave is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Horse Cave lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Horse Cave (for example, toward Liberty), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Area Codes for Horse Cave: 270 & 364<4> The ZIP code for Horse Cave: 42749<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Horse Cave had an population of 2,422 people. This is an increase of 4.8% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 7.55% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Horse Cave had a population of 2,311 people (or 12.71% of the total population of Hart County). This makes Horse Cave the county's most populous community. The population of Horse Cave represents 0.05% of the population of Kentucky (which has 4,339,367 people), making it the state's 133rd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 2,311 people, the population of Horse Cave increased 2.62% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 2,252 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Horse Cave. Communities near Horse Cave ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Horse Cave.
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 Horse Cave. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Horse Cave. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Horse Cave. 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 Horse Cave. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Horse Cave. Our list includes 4 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Horse Cave. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Horse Cave ...Looking for more information about Horse Cave? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Horse Cave, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Horse Cave. Adding Horse Cave to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Horse Cave 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 Horse Cave was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Horse Cave. Footnotes ...
|