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Welcome to Denham ...

Denham is located in Pulaski County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Denham, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Denham is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Denham and travel east, you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Communities Also Named Denham ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Denham - they are located in Florida, Minnesota and Mississippi.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Denham.

Communities near Denham ...

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

  • Knox
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Knox is located in Starke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,552 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knox <3>
  • Winamac
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Kouts
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • North Judson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Culver
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Culver is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
  • Wheatfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Francesville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hamlet
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Kewanna
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Kewanna is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
  • Medaryville
    (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 Denham. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Denham.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Denham ...

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

Adding Denham to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Denham post office opened in 1888.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Denham.

Footnotes ...

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