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Welcome to Green Center ...

Green Center is located in Noble County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Green Center, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Green Center: Green Ctr. (or less commonly used: Green Cen., Green Cent. or Green Cntr.)

Green Center is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Green Center and travel west, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Green Center: 260

Communities Also Named Green Center ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Green Center - it's located in Iowa.

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

Communities near Green Center ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Green Center ...

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

Adding Green Center to Our Gazetteer ...

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

We also found Green Center on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Green Center.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Noble, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Green Center - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.