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Welcome to Seymour ...

Seymour is located in Hart County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Seymour, you might consider that their post office opened in 1868.

Seymour is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Seymour: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Seymour ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named Seymour - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ontario, Tennessee, Texas (2), West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin (2).

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

Communities near Seymour ...

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

  • Glasgow
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Cave City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Horse Cave
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Greensburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Munfordville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Edmonton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Park City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Bonnieville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Hiseville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Hiseville is located in Barren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiseville
  • Bunnell Crossing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Bunnell Crossing is located in Hart County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnell Crossing

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Seymour ...

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

Adding Seymour to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Seymour post office opened in 1868. The Seymour post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Seymour.

Footnotes ...

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