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Welcome to Scythia ...

Scythia is located in Daviess County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Scythia, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Scythia is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Scythia (for example, toward Ekron), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Scythia: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Scythia ...

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

  • Owensboro
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Tell City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Rockport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockport is located in Spencer County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,136 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockport <4>
  • Lewisport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Cannelton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Cloverport
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Hawesville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Grandview
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Whitesville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Fordsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Scythia ...

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

Adding Scythia to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Scythia post office opened in 1892. The Scythia post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Scythia.

Footnotes ...

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