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Welcome to Teges ...

Teges is located in Clay County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Teges, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

Teges is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Teges: 606

Communities near Teges ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Teges ...

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

Adding Teges to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Teges post office opened in 1881. The Teges post office closed in 1984.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Teges.

Footnotes ...

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