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Welcome to West Clifty ...

West Clifty is located in Grayson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Clifty, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

A typical abbreviation for West Clifty: W. Clifty

West Clifty is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for West Clifty: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near West Clifty ...

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

  • Leitchfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Upton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Caneyville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Sonora
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Bonnieville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Higdon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Higdon is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higdon
  • Limp
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Limp is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limp
  • Peonia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Peonia is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peonia
  • Summit
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Summit is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
  • Hardin Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Hardin Springs is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin Springs

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Clifty ...

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

Adding West Clifty to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the West Clifty post office opened in 1873. The West Clifty post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for West Clifty.

Footnotes ...

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