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Welcome to Seventy Six ...

Seventy Six is located in Clinton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Seventy Six, you might consider that their post office opened in 1834.

Seventy Six is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Seventy Six: 606

Communities near Seventy Six ...

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

  • Monticello
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Thompsons Store
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Thompsons Store is located in Clay County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsons Store
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,180 people
  • Russell Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Albany
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jamestown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Burkesville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Byrdstown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Cumberland City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Cumberland City is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland City
  • Browns Crossroads
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Browns Crossroads is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Crossroads
  • Long Bottom
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Long Bottom is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bottom

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Seventy Six ...

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

Adding Seventy Six to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Seventy Six 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 Seventy Six was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Seventy Six post office opened in 1834. The Seventy Six post office closed in 1952.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Seventy Six.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Clinton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Seventy Six - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/