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Welcome to Mattingly ...

Mattingly is located in Breckinridge County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mattingly, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

Mattingly is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Mattingly (for example, toward Vine Grove), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Mattingly: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Mattingly ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Kentucky communities named Mattingly: This one is located in Breckinridge County and the other is located in Daviess County.

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

Communities near Mattingly ...

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

  • Tell City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Hardinsburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Cannelton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Irvington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Cloverport
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Hawesville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Whitesville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Fordsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Troy
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Troy is located in Perry County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <4>
  • Cabot
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cabot is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mattingly ...

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

Adding Mattingly to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mattingly 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 Mattingly was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Mattingly post office opened in 1881. The Mattingly post office closed in 1958.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mattingly.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Breckinridge, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mattingly - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Mattingly area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Mattingly area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/