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Welcome to Gurley Landing ...

Gurley Landing is located in Harrison County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Gurley Landing: Gurley Lndg. (or less commonly used: Gurley Lndng.)

Gurley Landing is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Gurley Landing (for example, toward Cloverport (KY)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Gurley Landing: 812 & 930<3>

Communities near Gurley Landing ...

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

  • Radcliff
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Radcliff is located in Hardin County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radcliff
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,923 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Radcliff <4>
  • Shepherdsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Vine Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Corydon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Brandenburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Lebanon Junction
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Irvington
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Irvington is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irvington <4>
  • Muldraugh
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • West Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lanesville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gurley Landing ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Harrison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gurley Landing - 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 Gurley Landing area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Gurley Landing 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.