Welcome to Rabbit Ridge ...
Rabbit Ridge is located in Hopkins County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Rabbit Ridge, you might consider that their post office opened in 1848.
A typical abbreviation for Rabbit Ridge: Rabbit Rdg. (or less commonly used: Rabbit Rdge. or Rabbit Ridg.)
Rabbit Ridge is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Rabbit Ridge lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Rabbit Ridge: 270 & 364<3>
Communities Also Named Rabbit Ridge ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Rabbit Ridge - it's located in Arkansas.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rabbit Ridge.
Communities near Rabbit Ridge ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rabbit Ridge.
- Madisonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madisonville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonville
- Madisonville is located in Hopkins County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,656 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madisonville <5>
- Princeton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Princeton is located in Caldwell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,063 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Princeton <5>
- Providence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Providence have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Providence is located in Webster County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,986 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Providence <5>
- Dawson Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson Springs
- Dawson Springs is located in Hopkins County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,629 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dawson Springs <5>
- Earlington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Earlington. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlington
- Earlington is located in Hopkins County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,321 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Earlington <5>
- Nortonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nortonville
- Nortonville is located in Hopkins County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,147 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nortonville <5>
- Clay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clay have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Clay is located in Webster County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,091 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clay <5>
- White Plains
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- White Plains is located in Hopkins County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 900 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Plains <5>
- Dixon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north) - Mortons Gap
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mortons Gap
- Mortons Gap is located in Hopkins County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 825 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mortons Gap <5>
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 Rabbit Ridge. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rabbit Ridge.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rabbit Ridge. 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 Rabbit Ridge.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rabbit Ridge. See our Newspapers Page for Rabbit Ridge.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rabbit Ridge ...
Looking for more information about Rabbit Ridge? 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 Rabbit Ridge, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rabbit Ridge.
Adding Rabbit Ridge to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Rabbit Ridge 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 Rabbit Ridge was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
X2X - From that list, the Rabbit Ridge post office opened in 1848.
We also found Rabbit Ridge in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Rabbit Ridge.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rabbit Ridge. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Hopkins, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rabbit Ridge - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Rabbit Ridge area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Rabbit Ridge area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |