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Welcome to Mossy Bottom ...

Mossy Bottom is located in Pike County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mossy Bottom, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Mossy Bottom is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Mossy Bottom: 606

Communities near Mossy Bottom ...

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

  • Pikeville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Prestonsburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Williamson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Martin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Wheelwright
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Wheelwright is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelwright
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
  • Wayland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Wayland is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
  • Allen
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Allen is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
    • Allen has also been known as:
    • Beaver Creek Junction
    • Beaver Creek
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <3>
  • Cedarville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedarville is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
  • Grethel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Grethel is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grethel
  • Osborn
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Osborn is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mossy Bottom ...

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

Adding Mossy Bottom to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mossy Bottom post office opened in 1906. The Mossy Bottom post office closed in 1942.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mossy Bottom.

Footnotes ...

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