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Welcome to Erskine Station ...

Erskine Station is located in Vanderburgh County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Erskine Station: Erskine Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Erskine Station is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Erskine Station and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Erskine Station: 812 & 930<3>

Communities near Erskine Station ...

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

  • Evansville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Henderson
    (14 miles [22.5 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>
  • Boonville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Chandler
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Chandler is located in Warrick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,288 people
  • Newburgh
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Fort Branch
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Haubstadt
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Darmstadt
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Darmstadt is located in Vanderburgh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darmstadt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
  • Owensville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Poseyville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Erskine Station ...

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

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 Erskine Station - 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 Erskine Station area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Erskine Station 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.