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Welcome to Torchlight ...

So far, we found very little information about Torchlight. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Torchlight to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Torchlight, please Contact Us.

Torchlight would have been located within present day Lawrence County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Torchlight, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1902.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Torchlight is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Torchlight was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Torchlight, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

The Area Code where Torchlight was located: 606

Communities near Torchlight ...

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

  • Paintsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Louisa
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Wayne
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wayne have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne
    • Wayne is located in Wayne County (WV)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,559 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wayne <4>
  • Fort Gay
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Inez
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Inez. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
    • Inez is located in Martin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 614 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inez <4>
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Inez
    • From Torchlight to Inez
  • Kermit
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Warfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warfield have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warfield
    • Warfield is located in Martin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warfield <4>
  • Blaine
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Evergreen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Evergreen. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
    • Evergreen is located in Lawrence County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Evergreen
    • From Torchlight to Evergreen
  • Maynard ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Maynard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
    • Maynard is located in Lawrence County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Maynard
    • From Torchlight to Maynard

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

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

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

Adding Torchlight to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Torchlight post office opened in 1902.

We also found Torchlight on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Kentucky (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Torchlight.

The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Torchlight, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Lawrence, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Torchlight - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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