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Welcome to Locust Branch ...

Locust Branch is located in Estill County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Locust Branch, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.

A typical abbreviation for Locust Branch: Locust Br. (or less commonly used: Locust Brnch.)

Locust Branch is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Locust Branch: 606

Communities near Locust Branch ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Locust Branch ...

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

Adding Locust Branch to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Locust Branch post office opened in 1874. The Locust Branch post office closed in 1960.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Locust Branch.

Footnotes ...

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