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Welcome to Plum ...

Plum is located in Bourbon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Plum, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Plum is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Plum: 859

Communities Also Named Plum ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Plum - they are located in Kansas, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2) and Texas.

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

Communities near Plum ...

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

  • Winchester
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Paris
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Paris is located in Bourbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,719 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paris <3>
  • Mount Sterling
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Carlisle
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jeffersonville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Owingsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Camargo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Camargo is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
  • Millersburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • North Middletown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • North Middletown is located in Bourbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Middletown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
  • Sharpsburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Sharpsburg is located in Bath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 338 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 Plum. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Plum.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Plum ...

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

Adding Plum to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Plum post office opened in 1894. The Plum post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Plum.

Footnotes ...

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