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Welcome to Lacie ...

Lacie is located in Henry County<1>.

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

Lacie is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Lacie: 502

Communities near Lacie ...

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

  • La Grange
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Carrollton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Eminence
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Vevay
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Vevay is located in Switzerland County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vevay
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,639 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vevay <3>
  • Owenton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • New Castle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Pleasureville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Campbellsburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Milton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Bedford
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lacie ...

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

Adding Lacie to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lacie post office opened in 1898. The Lacie post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lacie.

Footnotes ...

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