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Welcome to Ade ...

Ade is located in Newton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ade, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Ade is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel south from Ade (for example, toward Earl Park), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Ade: 219

Communities near Ade ...

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

  • Rensselaer
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Watseka
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Watseka is located in Iroquois County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watseka
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,694 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watseka <3>
  • Fowler
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Kentland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Saint Anne
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Remington
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Morocco
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Goodland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Brook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Sheldon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Sheldon is located in Iroquois County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 935 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sheldon <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ade ...

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

Adding Ade to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ade post office opened in 1904. The Ade post office closed in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ade.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Newton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ade - 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/