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Welcome to Kettle ...

Kettle is located in Cumberland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kettle, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

Kettle is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Kettle, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Kettle: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Kettle ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Kettle - it's located in West Virginia.

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

Communities near Kettle ...

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

  • Thompsons Store
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Thompsons Store is located in Clay County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsons Store
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,180 people
  • Tompkinsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Albany
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Burkesville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Celina
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Celina is located in Clay County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celina
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,407 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Celina <4>
  • Byrdstown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Dougan Town
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Dougan Town is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dougan Town
  • Grider
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Grider is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grider
  • Leslie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Leslie is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
  • Martinsburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Martinsburg is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kettle ...

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

Adding Kettle to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Kettle post office opened in 1881.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kettle.

Footnotes ...

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