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Welcome to Lilac ...

Lilac is located in Grayson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lilac, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Lilac is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Lilac (for example, toward Sonora), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Lilac: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Lilac ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Lilac - they are located in California, Mississippi, Nebraska, Ohio, Tennessee and Texas.

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

Communities near Lilac ...

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

  • Leitchfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hardinsburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Clarkson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Caneyville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Indian Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Indian Valley is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Valley
  • McDaniels
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Black Rock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Black Rock is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
  • Hardin Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hardin Springs is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin Springs
  • Hudson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Hudson is located in Breckinridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
  • Millwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Millwood is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lilac ...

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

Adding Lilac to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lilac post office opened in 1900. The Lilac post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lilac.

Footnotes ...

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