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Welcome to Willow Shade ...

Willow Shade is located in Metcalfe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Willow Shade, you might consider that their post office opened in 1866.

Willow Shade is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Willow Shade: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Willow Shade ...

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

  • Thompsons Store
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Thompsons Store is located in Clay County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsons Store
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,180 people
  • Tompkinsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Edmonton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Burkesville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Gamaliel
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Marrowbone
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Marrowbone is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
  • Summer Shade
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cedar Flat
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Cedar Flat is located in Metcalfe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flat
  • Meshack
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Meshack is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meshack
  • Waterview
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Waterview is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterview

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Willow Shade ...

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

Adding Willow Shade to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Willow Shade post office opened in 1866.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Willow Shade.

Footnotes ...

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