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Welcome to Nuckols ...

Nuckols is located in McLean County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Nuckols, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Nuckols is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Nuckols, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Nuckols: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Nuckols ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Nuckols - they are located in Alabama, Idaho and Virginia.

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

Communities near Nuckols ...

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

  • Owensboro
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Central City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Central City is located in Muhlenberg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,692 people
    • Former names for Central City:
    • Moreheads Horse Mill
    • Stroud City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central City <4>
  • Beaver Dam
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hartford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Powderly
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Calhoun
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Calhoun is located in McLean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 723 people
    • Former names for Calhoun:
    • Calhoon
    • Fort Vienna
    • Vienna Station
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calhoun <4>
  • Whitesville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Island
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Sacramento
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Centertown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Centertown is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 430 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 Nuckols. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Nuckols.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Nuckols ...

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

Adding Nuckols to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Nuckols post office opened in 1895. The Nuckols post office closed in 1974.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nuckols.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including McLean, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Nuckols - 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 Nuckols area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Nuckols 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/