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Welcome to Spottsville ...

Spottsville is located in Henderson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spottsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

Spottsville is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Spottsville and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Spottsville: 270 & 364<3>

The ZIP code for Spottsville: 42458<4>

Communities Also Named Spottsville ...

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

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

Communities near Spottsville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spottsville ...

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

Adding Spottsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Spottsville 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 Spottsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Spottsville post office opened in 1858.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spottsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Henderson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spottsville - 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 Spottsville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Spottsville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Spottsville). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Spottsville or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/