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Welcome to Ivory ...

So far, we found very little information about Ivory. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Ivory to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ivory, please Contact Us.


Ivory would have been located within present day Lawrence County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Ivory, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Ivory, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1899.

Time Zone: The area where Ivory was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Ivory and travel west, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

The location where Ivory once stood is in the (606) area code.

Communities Also Named Ivory ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Ivory - they are located in California, Maryland, Missouri, New York and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Ivory ...

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

  • Paintsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Louisa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Wayne
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wayne have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne
    • Wayne is located in Wayne County (WV)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,559 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wayne <4>
  • Fort Gay
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gay
    • Fort Gay is located in Wayne County (WV)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
  • Inez
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inez have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
    • Inez is located in Martin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 614 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inez <4>
  • Warfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warfield have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warfield
    • Warfield is located in Martin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warfield <4>
  • Blaine
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Cando ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cando. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cando
    • Cando is located in Lawrence County
  • Charley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charley
    • Charley is located in Lawrence County
  • Georges Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georges Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges Creek
    • Georges Creek is located in Lawrence County

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

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

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

Adding Ivory to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Ivory was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Ivory post office opened in 1899.

We also found Ivory on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Kentucky (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ivory.

The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ivory, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Lawrence, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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