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Welcome to Kerz ...

Kerz is located in Johnson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kerz, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Kerz is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Kerz: 606

Communities near Kerz ...

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

  • Paintsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Prestonsburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Louisa
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Salyersville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Fort Gay
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Fort Gay is located in Wayne County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gay
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
  • Inez
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Sandy Hook
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Blaine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Fuget
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Fuget is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuget
  • Nippa
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Nippa is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nippa

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kerz ...

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

Adding Kerz to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Kerz post office opened in 1898. The Kerz post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kerz.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Johnson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kerz - 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/