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Welcome to Tuck ...

Tuck is located in Daviess County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tuck, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Tuck is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Tuck and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Tuck: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Tuck ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Tuck - they are located in Arkansas and Kansas.

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

Communities near Tuck ...

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

  • Owensboro
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Rockport
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Rockport is located in Spencer County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,136 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockport <4>
  • Livermore
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Calhoun
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Calhoun is located in McLean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 723 people
    • Former names for Calhoun:
    • Calhoon
    • Fort Vienna
    • Vienna Station
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calhoun <4>
  • Grandview
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Whitesville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Island
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Sacramento
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Richland City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Richland City is located in Spencer County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland City
    • Estimated population in 2015: 407 people
    • Richland City has also been known as:
    • Richland
  • Utica
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tuck ...

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

Adding Tuck to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Tuck post office opened in 1899. The Tuck post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tuck.

Footnotes ...

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