Welcome to Nippa ...
Nippa is located in Johnson County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Nippa, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.
Nippa is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Nippa lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you travel west from Nippa, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).
Area Code for Nippa: 606
Communities near Nippa ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Nippa.
- Paintsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Prestonsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prestonsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestonsburg
- Prestonsburg is located in Floyd County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,460 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prestonsburg <3>
- Louisa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Salyersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Inez
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Inez. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
- Inez is located in Martin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 614 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inez <3>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Inez
- From Nippa to Inez
- Allen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Allen is located in Floyd County
- 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>
- Blaine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lowmansville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Volga
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Whitehouse
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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 Nippa. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Nippa.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Nippa. 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 Nippa.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Nippa. See our Newspapers Page for Nippa.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Nippa ...
Looking for more information about Nippa? 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 Nippa, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Nippa.
Adding Nippa to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Nippa 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 for Nippa was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Nippa post office opened in 1905.
We also found Nippa on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Kentucky (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Nippa.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Johnson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Nippa - 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |