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Welcome to Romine ...

Romine is located in Taylor County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Romine, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Romine is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: While Romine is in the Eastern Time Zone, the area just to the west is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Romine: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Romine ...

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

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

Communities near Romine ...

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

  • Campbellsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Columbia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Russell Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Greensburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Cane Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cane Valley is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Valley
  • Holmes
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Holmes is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes
  • Roachville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Roachville is located in Green County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roachville
  • Wright's
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Wright's is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright's
  • Absher
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Absher is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absher
  • Elk Horn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Romine ...

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

Adding Romine to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Romine post office opened in 1901. The Romine post office closed in 1942.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Romine.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Taylor, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Romine - 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 Romine area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Romine 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/