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Welcome to Ulvah ...

Ulvah is located in Letcher County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ulvah, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913.

Ulvah is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Ulvah: 606

Communities near Ulvah ...

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

  • Hazard
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cumberland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Whitesburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Evarts
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Hindman
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Lynch
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Fleming - Neon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Fleming - Neon is located in Letcher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming - Neon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
  • Pippa Passes
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Pippa Passes is located in Knott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
  • Benham
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hyden
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ulvah ...

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

Adding Ulvah to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ulvah post office opened in 1913. The Ulvah post office closed in 1986.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ulvah.

Footnotes ...

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