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Welcome to Saloma ...

Saloma is located in Taylor County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Saloma, you might consider that their post office opened in 1855.

Saloma is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel south from Saloma (for example, toward Columbia), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Saloma: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Saloma ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Saloma ...

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

Adding Saloma to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Saloma post office opened in 1855. The Saloma post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Saloma.

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 Saloma - 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 Saloma area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Saloma 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/