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Welcome to Hunter Town ...

Hunter Town is located in Woodford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hunter Town, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Hunter Town is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Hunter Town: 859

Communities Also Named Hunter Town ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Hunter Town - it's located in Mississippi.

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

Communities near Hunter Town ...

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

  • Lexington - Fayette
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington - Fayette
    • Lexington - Fayette is located in Fayette County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 324,735 people
  • Georgetown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
    • Georgetown is located in Scott County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,847 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Georgetown <4>
  • Nicholasville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Frankfort
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Lawrenceburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lawrenceburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceburg
    • Lawrenceburg is located in Anderson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,529 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lawrenceburg <4>
  • Wilmore
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Midway
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Burgin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Stamping Ground
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamping Ground
    • Stamping Ground is located in Scott County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 822 people
  • Keene
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hunter Town ...

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

Adding Hunter Town to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hunter Town 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 for Hunter Town was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hunter Town.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Woodford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hunter Town - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.