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Welcome to Sideway ...

Sideway is located in Elliott County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sideway, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.

Sideway is 1,160 feet [354 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Sideway and travel south, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Sideway: 606

Communities near Sideway ...

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

  • Morehead
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Grayson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • West Liberty
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Olive Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Sandy Hook
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Lakeview Heights
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Lakeview Heights is located in Rowan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
  • Minor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Minor is located in Rowan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor
  • Gimlet
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Gimlet is located in Elliott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gimlet
  • Lawton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Lawton is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
  • Haldeman
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Haldeman is located in Rowan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haldeman

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sideway ...

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

Adding Sideway to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sideway post office opened in 1912. The Sideway post office closed in 1958.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sideway.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Elliott, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sideway - 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/