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Welcome to Maxine ...

Maxine is located in Larue County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Maxine, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Maxine is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: While Maxine is in the Eastern Time Zone, the area just to the south is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Maxine: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Maxine ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Maxine - they are located in Alabama, Kansas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Maxine ...

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

  • Elizabethtown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Hodgenville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Munfordville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • New Haven
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Upton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Sonora
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Bonnieville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Buffalo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Buffalo is located in Larue County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
  • Mount Sherman
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Mount Sherman is located in Larue County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sherman
  • Nolin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Nolin is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolin

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Maxine ...

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

Adding Maxine to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Maxine post office opened in 1901. The Maxine post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Maxine.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Larue, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Maxine - 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 Maxine area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Maxine 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/