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Welcome to Hurstville ...

Hurstville is located in Jackson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hurstville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Hurstville is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Hurstville: 563

Communities near Hurstville ...

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

  • Bellevue
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Preston
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Wheatland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Wheatland is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 724 people
  • Grand Mound
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Wyoming
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Oxford Junction
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Oxford Junction is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Junction
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
  • Delmar
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Miles
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Lost Nation
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Andrew
    (6 miles [9.7 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 Hurstville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hurstville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hurstville ...

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

Adding Hurstville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hurstville 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 Hurstville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Hurstville post office opened in 1897. The Hurstville post office closed in 1942.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hurstville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hurstville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/