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Welcome to Vento ...

Vento is located in Hart County<1>.

Vento is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Vento lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Vento (for example, toward Campbellsville), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Vento: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Vento ...

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

  • Elizabethtown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Hodgenville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Cave City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Horse Cave
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Munfordville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Clarkson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Upton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Sonora
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Hammonville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Hammonville is located in Hart County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammonville
  • Priceville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Priceville is located in Hart County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vento ...

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

Adding Vento to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Vento 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 Vento was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vento.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Hart, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Vento - 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 Vento area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Vento 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.