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Welcome to Tablow ...

Tablow is primarily located in Mercer County<1>. A portion of Tablow extends into Washington County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tablow, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Tablow is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Tablow: 859

Communities near Tablow ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tablow ...

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

Adding Tablow to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Tablow post office opened in 1890. The Tablow post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tablow.

Footnotes ...

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