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Welcome to Barrick Corner ...

Barrick Corner is located in Clay County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Barrick Corner: Barrick Cor. (or less commonly used: Barrick Crn.)

Barrick Corner is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Barrick Corner (for example, toward Martinsville (IL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Barrick Corner: 812 & 930<3>

Communities near Barrick Corner ...

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

  • Brazil
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Linton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Bloomfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Spencer
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jasonville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Worthington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Shelburn
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Farmersburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Seelyville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Seelyville is located in Vigo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,004 people
  • Dugger
    (16 miles [25.7 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 Barrick Corner. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Barrick Corner.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Barrick Corner ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Clay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Barrick Corner - 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 812 code has been Overlayed with the 930 area code. New phone numbers in the Barrick Corner area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Barrick Corner 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.