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Welcome to Fincastle ...

Fincastle is located in Putnam County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fincastle, you might consider that their post office opened in 1847.

Fincastle is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Fincastle (for example, toward Ridge Farm (IL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Communities Also Named Fincastle ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Fincastle - they are located in Kentucky (2), Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

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

Communities near Fincastle ...

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

  • Crawfordsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Greencastle
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Danville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Rockville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Ladoga
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jamestown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Roachdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Bainbridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bainbridge is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
  • New Market
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • New Market is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 622 people
  • Coatesville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fincastle ...

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

Adding Fincastle to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fincastle post office opened in 1847. The Fincastle post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fincastle.

Footnotes ...

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