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Welcome to Marksbury ...

Marksbury is located in Garrard County<1>.

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

Marksbury is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Marksbury: 859

Communities near Marksbury ...

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

  • Richmond
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Nicholasville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Danville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Harrodsburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Wilmore
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Lancaster
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Stanford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Junction City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Burgin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Crab Orchard
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Marksbury ...

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

Adding Marksbury to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Marksbury post office opened in 1883. The Marksbury post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Marksbury.

Footnotes ...

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