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Welcome to Alquina ...

Alquina is located in Fayette County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Alquina, you might consider that their post office opened in 1832.

Alquina is 1,030 feet [314 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Alquina lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Alquina: 765

Communities near Alquina ...

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

  • Richmond
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Oxford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Oxford is located in Butler County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,535 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <3>
  • Connersville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Centerville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Brookville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Liberty
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Cambridge City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Dublin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dublin is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 746 people
  • West College Corner
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Laurel
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alquina ...

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

Adding Alquina to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Alquina post office opened in 1832. The Alquina post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alquina.

Footnotes ...

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