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Welcome to Load ...

Load is located in Greenup County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Load, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Load is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Load: 606

Communities near Load ...

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

  • Ashland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Portsmouth
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Ironton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Ironton is located in Lawrence County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,418 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ironton <3>
  • Flatwoods
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Grayson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Russell
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Raceland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Raceland is located in Greenup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,338 people
  • New Boston
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Coal Grove
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Coal Grove is located in Lawrence County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Grove
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
  • Worthington
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Worthington is located in Greenup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,488 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Load ...

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

Adding Load to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Load post office opened in 1892. The Load post office closed in 1984.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Load.

Footnotes ...

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