Welcome to Lancer ...
Lancer is located in Floyd County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Lancer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1917.
Lancer is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Lancer lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Lancer: 606
Communities Also Named Lancer ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Lancer - it's located in Saskatchewan.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lancer.
Communities near Lancer ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lancer.
- Pikeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Paintsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Salyersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Coal Run Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coal Run Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Run Village
- Coal Run Village is located in Pike County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,494 people
- Inez
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Inez. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
- Inez is located in Martin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 614 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inez <3>
- Martin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Martin is located in Floyd County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Martin <3>
- Wayland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wayland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Wayland is located in Floyd County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Allen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Allen is located in Floyd County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Allen has also been known as:
- Beaver Creek Junction
- Beaver Creek
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <3>
- Auxier
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auxier
- Auxier is located in Floyd County
- Banner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Banner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Banner is located in Floyd County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Banner <3>
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 Lancer. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lancer.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lancer. 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 Lancer.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lancer. See our Newspapers Page for Lancer.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lancer ...
Looking for more information about Lancer? 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 Lancer, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lancer.
Adding Lancer to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Lancer 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 for Lancer was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Lancer post office opened in 1917.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Lancer.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Floyd, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lancer - 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |