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Welcome to Sunfish ...

Sunfish is located in Edmonson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sunfish, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Sunfish is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Sunfish: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Sunfish ...

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

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

Communities near Sunfish ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sunfish ...

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

Adding Sunfish to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sunfish 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 for Sunfish was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Sunfish on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map (1905).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sunfish.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Edmonson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sunfish - 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 Sunfish area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Sunfish 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.