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Welcome to Wards ...

Wards is located in Green County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wards, you might consider that their post office opened in 1932.

Wards is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: While Wards is in the Central Time Zone, the area just to the east is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Wards: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Wards ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Kentucky communities named Wards: This one is located in Green County and the other is located in Rockcastle County.

Beyond Kentucky, there are 10 communities that are also named Wards - they are located in Illinois, Michigan (3), Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio (2) and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Wards ...

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

  • Campbellsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hodgenville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Greensburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • New Haven
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Loretto
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Upton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Sonora
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Bonnieville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Saint Mary
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Raywick
    (12 miles [19.3 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 Wards. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wards.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wards ...

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

Adding Wards to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wards 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 Wards was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Wards post office opened in 1932. The Wards post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wards.

Footnotes ...

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