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Welcome to Typo ...

Typo is located in Perry County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Typo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1914.

Typo is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Typo: 606

Communities near Typo ...

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

  • Hazard
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hindman
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Hyden
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Vicco
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Vicco is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicco
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
  • Blackey
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Blackey is located in Letcher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
  • Buckhorn
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Bulan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Bulan is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulan
  • Krypton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Krypton is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krypton
  • Dice
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Dice is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dice
  • Tribbey
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Tribbey is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribbey

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Typo ...

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

Adding Typo to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Typo post office opened in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Typo.

Footnotes ...

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