Welcome to Hunnewell ...

Hunnewell is located in Greenup County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hunnewell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.

Hunnewell is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Hunnewell: 606

Communities Also Named Hunnewell ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Hunnewell - they are located in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.

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

Communities near Hunnewell ...

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

• Ashland
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Ashland is located in Boyd County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,070 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashland <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Ashland
  • From Hunnewell to Ashland
• Ironton
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Ironton is located in Lawrence County (OH)
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,418 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ironton <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Ironton
  • From Hunnewell to Ironton
• Flatwoods
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Flatwoods is located in Greenup County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,056 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flatwoods <3>
• Grayson
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Grayson is located in Carter County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,832 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grayson <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Grayson
  • From Hunnewell to Grayson
• South Point
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • South Point is located in Lawrence County (OH)
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,813 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Point <3>
• Russell
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Russell is located in Greenup County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,207 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Russell <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Russell
  • From Hunnewell to Russell
• Kenova
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Kenova is located in Wayne County (WV)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenova
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,943 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kenova <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Kenova
  • From Hunnewell to Kenova
• Raceland
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Raceland is located in Greenup County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,338 people
• Coal Grove
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Coal Grove is located in Lawrence County (OH)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Grove
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
• Catlettsburg
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Catlettsburg is located in Boyd County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlettsburg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,736 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Catlettsburg <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Catlettsburg
  • From Hunnewell to Catlettsburg

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hunnewell ...

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

Adding Hunnewell to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hunnewell post office opened in 1874. The Hunnewell post office closed in 1950.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hunnewell.