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Welcome to Hughes Landing ...

Hughes Landing is located in Meade County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Hughes Landing: Hughes Lndg. (or less commonly used: Hughes Lndng.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Hughes Landing for more information about variations on the name of Hughes Landing.

Hughes Landing is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Hughes Landing (for example, toward Cloverport), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Hughes Landing: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Hughes Landing ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Hughes Landing - it's located in South Carolina.

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

Communities near Hughes Landing ...

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

  • Elizabethtown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Radcliff
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Shively
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Shepherdsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Vine Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Corydon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Corydon is located in Harrison County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corydon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,181 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corydon <4>
  • Brandenburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Lebanon Junction
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Irvington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • West Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hughes Landing ...

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

Footnotes ...

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