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Welcome to Mystic ...

Mystic is located in Breckinridge County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mystic, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Mystic is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Mystic: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Mystic ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Mystic - they are located in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana (2), Massachusetts, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Quebec and South Dakota.

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

Communities near Mystic ...

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

  • Tell City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Brandenburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hardinsburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Cannelton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Irvington
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Cloverport
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hawesville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Ekron
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Ekron is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekron
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
  • Mauckport
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Alton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Alton is located in Crawford County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mystic ...

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

Adding Mystic to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mystic post office opened in 1904. The Mystic post office closed in 1964.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mystic.

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 Mystic - 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 Mystic area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Mystic 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/