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Welcome to Earle ...

Earle is located in Vanderburgh County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Earle, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

Earle is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Earle (for example, toward Ferdinand), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Earle: 812 & 930<3>

Communities Also Named Earle ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Earle - they are located in Arkansas, Montana, New Jersey, South Carolina (2) and Texas.

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

Communities near Earle ...

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

  • Evansville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Henderson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Henderson is located in Henderson County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,974 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Henderson <4>
  • Princeton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Boonville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Chandler
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Chandler is located in Warrick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,288 people
  • Newburgh
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Fort Branch
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Oakland City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Haubstadt
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Darmstadt
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Darmstadt is located in Vanderburgh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darmstadt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Earle ...

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

Adding Earle to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Earle 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 Earle was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Earle post office opened in 1871. The Earle post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Earle.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Vanderburgh, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Earle - 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 Earle area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Earle 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.
<5>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/