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Welcome to Jacobs ...

Jacobs is located in Carter County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Jacobs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Jacobs is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Jacobs: 606

Communities Also Named Jacobs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Jacobs - they are located in Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Missouri (2), Ontario, Texas (2) and Utah.

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

Communities near Jacobs ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Jacobs ...

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

Adding Jacobs to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Jacobs post office opened in 1888.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jacobs.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Carter, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Jacobs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/