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Welcome to Volga ...

Volga is located in Johnson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Volga, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

Volga is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Volga: 606

Communities Also Named Volga ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Volga - they are located in Indiana, Iowa, Manitoba, North Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Volga ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Volga ...

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

Adding Volga to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Volga post office opened in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Volga.

Footnotes ...

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