Welcome to Prosperity ...Prosperity is located in Edmonson County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Prosperity, you might consider that their post office opened in 1935. Prosperity is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Prosperity lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Prosperity (for example, toward Campbellsville), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Area Codes for Prosperity: 270 & 364<3> Communities Also Named Prosperity ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Kentucky communities named Prosperity: This one is located in Edmonson County and the other is located in Lawrence County. Beyond Kentucky, there are 17 communities that are also named Prosperity - they are located in Arkansas (2), Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee (3) and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Prosperity. Communities near Prosperity ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Prosperity.
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 Prosperity. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Prosperity. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Prosperity. 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 Prosperity. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Prosperity. See our Newspapers Page for Prosperity. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Prosperity ...Looking for more information about Prosperity? 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 Prosperity, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Prosperity. Adding Prosperity to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Prosperity 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 Prosperity was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Prosperity. Footnotes ...
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