Welcome to Kingswood ...Kingswood is located in Breckinridge County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Kingswood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907. Kingswood is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Kingswood lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Kingswood (for example, toward Vine Grove), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Area Codes for Kingswood: 270 & 364<3> Communities Also Named Kingswood ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named Kingswood - they are located in Alabama, Georgia (3), Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey (2), New Mexico, North Carolina (4), South Carolina (2), Tennessee, Texas and Virginia (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kingswood. Communities near Kingswood ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Kingswood.
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 Kingswood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Kingswood. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Kingswood. 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 Kingswood. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Kingswood. See our Newspapers Page for Kingswood. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kingswood ...Looking for more information about Kingswood? 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 Kingswood, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Kingswood. Adding Kingswood to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Kingswood 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 Kingswood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Kingswood. Footnotes ...
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