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Welcome to Verda ...

Verda is located in Harlan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Verda, you might consider that their post office opened in 1917.

Verda is 1,350 feet [411 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Verda: 606

Communities Also Named Verda ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Verda - it's located in Louisiana.

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

Communities near Verda ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Verda ...

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

Adding Verda to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Verda post office opened in 1917. The Verda post office closed in 1964.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Verda.

Footnotes ...

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