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Welcome to Repton ...

Repton is located in Crittenden County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Repton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Repton is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Repton lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Repton: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Repton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Repton - they are located in Alabama and Virginia.

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

Communities near Repton ...

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

  • Providence
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Marion
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Marion is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,850 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <4>
  • Sturgis
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Clay
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Clay is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,091 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clay <4>
  • Rosiclare
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Dixon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Dixon is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
  • Salem
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Salem is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <4>
  • Fredonia
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Cave-In-Rock
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Cave-In-Rock is located in Hardin County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave-In-Rock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
    • Cave-In-Rock has also been known as:
    • Cave-In-Rock village
  • Elizabethtown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Repton ...

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

Adding Repton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Repton post office opened in 1887. The Repton post office closed in 1958.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Repton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Crittenden, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Repton - 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 Repton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Repton area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/