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Welcome to Upper Tygart ...

Upper Tygart is located in Carter County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Upper Tygart, you might consider that their post office opened in 1838.

Upper Tygart is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Upper Tygart: 606

Communities Also Named Upper Tygart ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Kentucky communities named Upper Tygart: This one is located in Carter County and the other is located in Lewis County.

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

Communities near Upper Tygart ...

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

  • Morehead
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Grayson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Olive Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Sandy Hook
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lakeview Heights
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeview Heights is located in Rowan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
  • Emerson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Emerson is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
  • Jacobs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jacobs is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs
  • Smoky Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Smoky Valley is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoky Valley
  • Gates
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Gates is located in Rowan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
  • Ault
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Ault is located in Elliott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ault

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Upper Tygart ...

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

Adding Upper Tygart to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Upper Tygart post office opened in 1838.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Upper Tygart.

Footnotes ...

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