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Welcome to Limestone ...

Limestone is located in Carter County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Limestone, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Limestone is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Limestone and travel south, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Limestone: 606

Communities Also Named Limestone ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 31 communities that are also named Limestone - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, Florida (3), Georgia, Illinois (2), Kansas (4), Maine, Michigan (2), Montana, New Brunswick, New York, Ohio (3), Oklahoma (2), Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia (3).

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

Communities near Limestone ...

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

  • Morehead
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Grayson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Sandy Hook
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Lakeview Heights
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeview Heights is located in Rowan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
  • Ault
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Ault is located in Elliott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ault
  • Gimlet
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Gimlet is located in Elliott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gimlet
  • Mountain Top
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Mountain Top is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Top
  • Counts Crossroads
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Counts Crossroads is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Counts Crossroads
  • Soldier
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Soldier is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldier
  • Elliottville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Elliottville is located in Rowan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Limestone ...

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

Adding Limestone to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Limestone post office opened in 1883. The Limestone post office closed in 1936.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Limestone.

Footnotes ...

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