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Welcome to Guthrie ...

Guthrie is located in Lawrence County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Guthrie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1855.

When the people of Guthrie refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Guthrian<2>

Guthrie is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Note: If you travel south from Guthrie, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Guthrie: 812 & 930<4>

Communities Also Named Guthrie ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Guthrie - they are located in Arizona, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Quebec, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Guthrie ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Guthrie ...

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

Adding Guthrie to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Guthrie post office opened in 1855. The Guthrie post office closed in 1942.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Guthrie.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Lawrence, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Guthrie refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Guthrie may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Guthrie - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Guthrie area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Guthrie area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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/