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Welcome to Fountaintown ...

Fountaintown is located in Shelby County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fountaintown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869.

Fountaintown is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Fountaintown: 317 & 463<3>

The ZIP code for Fountaintown: 46130<4>

Communities near Fountaintown ...

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

  • Greenwood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Lawrence
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Shelbyville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Warsaw
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Warsaw is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,200 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warsaw <5>
  • Beech Grove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • McCordsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • New Whiteland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • New Whiteland is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Whiteland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
  • Cumberland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Rushville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fountaintown ...

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

Adding Fountaintown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fountaintown 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 Fountaintown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Fountaintown post office opened in 1869.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fountaintown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Shelby, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fountaintown - 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 Fountaintown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 317 or 463. As a result, placing a call in the Fountaintown area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Fountaintown). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Fountaintown or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/