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Welcome to Sparrow ...

Sparrow is located in Anderson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sparrow, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Sparrow is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel south from Sparrow (for example, toward Columbia), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Sparrow: 502

Communities Also Named Sparrow ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Sparrow - it's located in Missouri.

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

Communities near Sparrow ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sparrow ...

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

Adding Sparrow to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sparrow post office opened in 1883. The Sparrow post office closed in 1950.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sparrow.

Footnotes ...

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