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Welcome to Kaler ...

Kaler is located in Graves County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kaler, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Kaler is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Kaler: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Kaler ...

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

  • Paducah
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Mayfield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Benton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Calvert City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Calvert City is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,509 people
    • Calvert City has also been known as:
    • Calvert
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calvert City <4>
  • Brookport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Wingo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Hardin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Lone Oak
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
  • Grand Rivers
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Smithland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kaler ...

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

Adding Kaler to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Kaler post office opened in 1883. The Kaler post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kaler.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Graves, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kaler - 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 Kaler area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Kaler 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/