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Welcome to Little Cypress ...

Little Cypress is located in Marshall County<1>.


The location of Little Cypress has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Little Cypress, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Little Cypress is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The telephone area code for Little Cypress: (270)

Websites for Little Cypress ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.marshallcounty.net/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Little Cypress, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Little Cypress ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Little Cypress - it's located in Texas.

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

Communities near Little Cypress ...

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

  • Paducah
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Metropolis
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Benton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Calvert City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert City
    • Calvert City is located in Marshall County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,509 people
    • Calvert City has also been known as:
    • Calvert
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calvert City <4>
  • Brookport
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookport have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookport
    • Brookport is located in Massac County (IL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookport <4>
  • Kuttawa
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Hardin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hardin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
    • Hardin is located in Marshall County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hardin <4>
  • Lone Oak
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
    • Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
  • Grand Rivers
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Rivers have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rivers
    • Grand Rivers is located in Livingston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Rivers <4>
  • Smithland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Little Cypress ...

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

Adding Little Cypress to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Little Cypress 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 Little Cypress was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Little Cypress on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map (1905).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Little Cypress.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Little Cypress. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Marshall, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Little Cypress - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.









 

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