Welcome to Vanzant ...
Vanzant is located in Breckinridge County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Vanzant, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.
Vanzant is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Vanzant lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you travel east from Vanzant (for example, toward Sonora), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).
Area Codes for Vanzant: 270 & 364<3>
Communities Also Named Vanzant ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Vanzant - it's located in Missouri.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Vanzant.
Communities near Vanzant ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Vanzant.
- Hardinsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cannelton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cannelton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- Cannelton is located in Perry County (IN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,473 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cannelton <4>
- Cloverport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverport have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverport
- Cloverport is located in Breckinridge County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cloverport <4>
- Hawesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Caneyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whitesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fordsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Falls-of-Rough
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falls-of-Rough have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls-of-Rough
- Falls-of-Rough is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falls-of-Rough <4>
- Tar Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tar Fork. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar Fork
- Tar Fork is located in Breckinridge County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Tar Fork
- From Vanzant to Tar Fork
- McQuady
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Vanzant. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Vanzant.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Vanzant. 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 Vanzant.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Vanzant. See our Newspapers Page for Vanzant.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vanzant ...
Looking for more information about Vanzant? 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 Vanzant, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Vanzant.
Adding Vanzant to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Vanzant 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 for Vanzant was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Vanzant post office opened in 1900.
We also found Vanzant on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map (1905).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Vanzant.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Breckinridge, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Vanzant - 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 Vanzant area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Vanzant 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |