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Welcome to Taffy ...

Taffy is located in Ohio County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Taffy, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Taffy is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Taffy: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Taffy ...

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

  • Owensboro
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Beaver Dam
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Hartford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Livermore
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Whitesville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Fordsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Island
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Centertown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Centertown is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
  • McHenry
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • McHenry is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
  • Rockport
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Rockport is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Taffy ...

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

Adding Taffy to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Taffy 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 Taffy was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Taffy post office opened in 1894. The Taffy post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Taffy.

Footnotes ...

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