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Welcome to Solway ...

Solway is located in Hardin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Solway, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

Solway is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: While Solway is in the Eastern Time Zone, the area just to the south is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Solway: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Solway ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Solway - they are located in Minnesota and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Solway ...

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

  • Elizabethtown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Radcliff
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Leitchfield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Vine Grove
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hardinsburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Irvington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Clarkson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Upton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Sonora
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Constantine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Constantine is located in Breckinridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constantine

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Solway ...

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

Adding Solway to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Solway 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 Solway was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Solway.

Footnotes ...

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