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Welcome to Pilot ...

Pilot is located in Estill County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pilot, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.

Pilot is 1,080 feet [329 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Pilot lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Pilot: 606

Communities Also Named Pilot ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Pilot - they are located in Alaska, Illinois, Maryland, Nebraska, Nevada (2), North Carolina (2) and Virginia.

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

Communities near Pilot ...

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

  • Stanton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Irvine
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jeffersonville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Beattyville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Camargo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Camargo is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
  • Clay City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Ravenna
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Frenchburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Campton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Booneville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pilot ...

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

Adding Pilot to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pilot 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 Pilot was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Pilot post office opened in 1910. The Pilot post office closed in 1973.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pilot.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Estill, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pilot - 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>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/