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Welcome to Tompkinsville ...

The city of Tompkinsville is located in Monroe County<1> and is the County Seat for Monroe County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tompkinsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1819.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Tompkinsville has a population of 2,254 people<2> (see below for details).

Tompkinsville is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

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

Area Codes for Tompkinsville: 270 & 364<4>

The ZIP code for Tompkinsville: 42167<5>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Tompkinsville had an population of 2,254 people. This is a decrease of 6.16% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 15.26% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Tompkinsville had a population of 2,402 people (which is 21.9% of the total population of Monroe County). This makes Tompkinsville the county's most populous community.

The population of Tompkinsville represents 0.06% of the total population of Kentucky (which has 4,339,367 people), making it the state's 127th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 2,402 people, the population of Tompkinsville decreased 9.7% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 2,660 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Tompkinsville.

Communities Also Named Tompkinsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Tompkinsville - they are located in Alabama, Maryland, Missouri, New York and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Tompkinsville ...

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

  • Thompsons Store
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Thompsons Store is located in Clay County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsons Store
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,180 people
  • Edmonton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Burkesville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Celina
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Celina is located in Clay County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celina
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,407 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Celina <6>
  • Red Boiling Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Gamaliel
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Fountain Run
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Hestand
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hestand is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hestand
  • Boles
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Boles is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles
  • Boles
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Boles is located in Clay County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles

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

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Tompkinsville. Our list includes 5 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Tompkinsville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tompkinsville ...

Looking for more information about Tompkinsville? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Tompkinsville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Tompkinsville.

Adding Tompkinsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Tompkinsville 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 Tompkinsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Tompkinsville post office opened in 1819.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tompkinsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Monroe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Tompkinsville.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Tompkinsville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Tompkinsville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Tompkinsville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>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 city (such as Tompkinsville). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Tompkinsville or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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/