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Welcome to Ilsley ...

Ilsley is located in Hopkins County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ilsley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Ilsley is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Ilsley lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Ilsley: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Ilsley ...

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

  • Madisonville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Princeton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Providence
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Dawson Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Earlington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Nortonville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • White Plains
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Mortons Gap
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Hanson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Crofton
    (12 miles [19.3 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 Ilsley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ilsley.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ilsley ...

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

Adding Ilsley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ilsley 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 Ilsley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Ilsley post office opened in 1884. The Ilsley post office closed in 1964.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ilsley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Hopkins, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ilsley - 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 Ilsley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Ilsley 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.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/