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Welcome to Mortonsville ...

Mortonsville is located in Woodford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mortonsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1828.

Mortonsville is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Mortonsville: 859

Communities near Mortonsville ...

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

  • Lexington - Fayette
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Lexington - Fayette is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington - Fayette
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 324,735 people
  • Georgetown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Nicholasville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Frankfort
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Lawrenceburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Versailles
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Harrodsburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Wilmore
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Midway
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Burgin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mortonsville ...

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

Adding Mortonsville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mortonsville post office opened in 1828. The Mortonsville post office closed in 1921.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mortonsville.

Footnotes ...

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