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Welcome to Hemenway ...

Hemenway is located in Warrick County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hemenway, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Hemenway is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Hemenway lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Hemenway (for example, toward Ferdinand), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Hemenway: 812 & 930<3>

Communities Also Named Hemenway ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Hemenway - it's located in Missouri.

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

Communities near Hemenway ...

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

  • Jasper
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Boonville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Huntingburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Chandler
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Chandler is located in Warrick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,288 people
  • Oakland City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Santa Claus
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Ferdinand
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Dale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Dale is located in Spencer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,480 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dale <4>
  • Lynnville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Winslow
    (13 miles [20.9 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 Hemenway. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hemenway.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hemenway ...

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

Adding Hemenway to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hemenway 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 Hemenway was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Hemenway post office opened in 1900. The Hemenway post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hemenway.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Warrick, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hemenway - 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 Hemenway area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Hemenway 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.
<5>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/