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Welcome to Landsaw ...

Landsaw is located in Wolfe County<1>.

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

Landsaw is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Landsaw: 606

Communities near Landsaw ...

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

  • West Liberty
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jackson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Beattyville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Frenchburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Campton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Bethany
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Bethany is located in Wolfe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
  • Hazel Green
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Hazel Green is located in Wolfe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
  • Toliver
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Toliver is located in Wolfe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toliver
  • Helechawa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Helechawa is located in Wolfe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helechawa
  • Lee City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Lee City is located in Wolfe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee City

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Landsaw ...

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

Adding Landsaw to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Landsaw post office opened in 1898. The Landsaw post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Landsaw.

Footnotes ...

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