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Welcome to Weberstown ...

Weberstown is located in Hancock County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Weberstown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1928.

Weberstown is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Weberstown: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Weberstown ...

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

  • Owensboro
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Tell City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Hardinsburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Rockport
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockport is located in Spencer County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,136 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockport <4>
  • Lewisport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Cannelton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Cloverport
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Hawesville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Grandview
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Whitesville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Weberstown ...

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

Adding Weberstown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Weberstown post office opened in 1928. The Weberstown post office closed in 1940.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Weberstown.

Footnotes ...

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