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Welcome to Peonia ...

Peonia is located in Grayson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Peonia, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

Peonia is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Peonia: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Peonia ...

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

  • Leitchfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Munfordville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Munfordville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munfordville
    • Munfordville is located in Hart County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,660 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Munfordville <4>
  • Clarkson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Brownsville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Upton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
    • Upton is located in Hardin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 691 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Upton <4>
  • Caneyville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Sonora
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sonora have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
    • Sonora is located in Hardin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sonora <4>
  • Bonnieville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonnieville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnieville
    • Bonnieville is located in Hart County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bonnieville <4>
  • Black Rock
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Black Rock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
    • Black Rock is located in Grayson County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Black Rock
    • From Peonia to Black Rock
  • Dogcreek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Peonia ...

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

Adding Peonia to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Peonia 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 Peonia was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Peonia post office opened in 1887.

We also found Peonia in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Peonia.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Peonia. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Grayson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Peonia - 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 Peonia area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Peonia 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>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.
<6>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.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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