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Welcome to Drexel Gardens ...

Drexel Gardens is located in Marion County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Drexel Gardens: Drexel Gdns. (or less commonly used: Drexel Gardns., Drexel Grdens. or Drexel Grdns.)

Drexel Gardens is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Drexel Gardens: 317 & 463<3>

Communities Also Named Drexel Gardens ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Drexel Gardens - it's located in Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Drexel Gardens ...

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

  • Indianapolis
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Carmel
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Carmel is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 101,643 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carmel <4>
  • Greenwood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lawrence
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Plainfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Zionsville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Brownsburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Avon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Avon is located in Hendricks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,361 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <4>
  • Beech Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Speedway
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Drexel Gardens ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Marion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Drexel Gardens - 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 317 code has been Overlayed with the 463 area code. New phone numbers in the Drexel Gardens area will be assigned with one of these codes: 317 or 463. As a result, placing a call in the Drexel Gardens 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.