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Welcome to Mount Sherman ...

Mount Sherman is located in Larue County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mount Sherman, you might consider that their post office opened in 1861.

A typical abbreviation for Mount Sherman: Mt. Sherman

Mount Sherman is 910 feet [277 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Mount Sherman: 270 & 364<3>

The ZIP code for Mount Sherman: 42764<4>

Communities Also Named Mount Sherman ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Mount Sherman - it's located in Arkansas.

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

Communities near Mount Sherman ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mount Sherman ...

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

Adding Mount Sherman to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mount Sherman 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 Mount Sherman was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Mount Sherman post office opened in 1861.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mount Sherman.

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 Mount Sherman - 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 Mount Sherman area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Mount Sherman area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Mount Sherman). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Mount Sherman or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/