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Welcome to Lamasco ...

Lamasco is located in Lyon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lamasco, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

Lamasco is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lamasco: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Lamasco ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Lamasco - they are located in Kansas and Texas.

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

Communities near Lamasco ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lamasco ...

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

Adding Lamasco to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lamasco post office opened in 1878. The Lamasco post office closed in 1964.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lamasco.

Footnotes ...

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