Nelson (historical) in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.7161, -83.5053
- Elevation
- 308 m above sea level
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 579 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
Below you can see what the time is in Nelson (historical), Kentucky, United States now, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Nelson (historical), United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Nelson (historical)
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Nelson (historical).
Sunrise 7:03 AM Solar noon 12:19 PM Sunset 5:34 PM Daylight 10 h 31 min Night 13 h 29 min Civil twilight 6:36 AM – 6:01 PM
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Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Neighbouring places Vortex and Wolfe County run on Nelson (historical) time.
Mail addressed to Nelson (historical) uses 2 postal codes.
Nelson (historical) sits in the America/New_York time zone, which runs at UTC−5. Daylight saving time: No.
The sun rises at 7:03 AM, sets at 5:34 PM, and stays over Nelson (historical) for 10 h 31 min. That is today's daylight.