Welcome to Pinckard ...

Pinckard is located in Woodford County<1>.

The location of Pinckard has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pinckard, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

Pinckard is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The telephone area code for Pinckard: (859)

Communities Also Named Pinckard ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Pinckard - it's located in Alabama.

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

Communities near Pinckard ...

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

• Lexington - Fayette
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington - Fayette
  • Lexington - Fayette is located in Fayette County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 324,735 people
• Georgetown
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Georgetown is located in Scott County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,847 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Georgetown <4>
• Nicholasville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholasville
  • Nicholasville is located in Jessamine County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,888 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nicholasville <4>
• Frankfort
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
  • Frankfort is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,715 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frankfort <4>
• Lawrenceburg
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lawrenceburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceburg
  • Lawrenceburg is located in Anderson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,529 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lawrenceburg <4>
• Versailles
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Versailles
  • Versailles is located in Woodford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,308 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Versailles <4>
• Harrodsburg
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrodsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
  • Harrodsburg is located in Mercer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,544 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrodsburg <4>
• Wilmore
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmore
  • Wilmore is located in Jessamine County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,343 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilmore <4>
• Midway
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midway have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
  • Midway is located in Woodford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,915 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Midway <4>
• Burgin
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgin
  • Burgin is located in Mercer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 994 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burgin <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pinckard ...

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

Adding Pinckard to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pinckard post office opened in 1888.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pinckard.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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