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Welcome to Ulysses ...

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

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

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ulysses, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Ulysses is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

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

The Area Code where Ulysses was located: 606

Communities Also Named Ulysses ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Ulysses - they are located in Idaho, Kansas (5), Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Ulysses ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Ulysses to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ulysses post office opened in 1888.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ulysses.

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 Ulysses, 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 Ulysses - 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>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/