Welcome to Peytontown ...
Peytontown is located in Madison County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Peytontown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.
Peytontown is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Peytontown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Peytontown: 859
Communities near Peytontown ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Peytontown.
- Richmond
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Nicholasville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Berea
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lancaster
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lancaster have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Lancaster is located in Garrard County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,840 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lancaster <3>
- Irvine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Brodhead
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brodhead have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodhead
- Brodhead is located in Rockcastle County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brodhead <3>
- Crab Orchard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crab Orchard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Orchard
- Crab Orchard is located in Lincoln County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 822 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crab Orchard <3>
- Kirksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kirksville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Kirksville is located in Madison County
- Round Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Hill
- Round Hill is located in Madison County
- Terrill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Terrill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrill
- Terrill is located in Madison County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Terrill
- From Peytontown to Terrill
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 Peytontown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Peytontown.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Peytontown. 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 Peytontown.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Peytontown. See our Newspapers Page for Peytontown.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Peytontown ...
Looking for more information about Peytontown? 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 Peytontown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Peytontown.
Adding Peytontown to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Peytontown 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 Peytontown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Peytontown post office opened in 1899.
We also found Peytontown on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map (1905).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Peytontown.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Madison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Peytontown - 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/ |