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Welcome to Effner ...

Effner is located in Newton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Effner, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Effner is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel south from Effner (for example, toward Ambia), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Effner: 219

Communities Also Named Effner ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Effner - it's located in Illinois.

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

Communities near Effner ...

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

  • Watseka
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Watseka is located in Iroquois County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watseka
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,694 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watseka <3>
  • Fowler
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Kentland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Milford
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Milford is located in Iroquois County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,155 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milford <3>
  • Remington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Morocco
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Goodland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Brook
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Boswell
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Crescent City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Effner ...

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

Adding Effner to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Effner 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 Effner was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Effner.

Footnotes ...

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