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Welcome to Hurlburt ...

Hurlburt is located in Porter County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hurlburt, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1883.

Hurlburt is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Hurlburt: 219

Communities Also Named Hurlburt ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Hurlburt - it's located in New Mexico.

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

Communities near Hurlburt ...

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

  • Gary
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
    • Gary is located in Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 74,693 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gary <3>
  • Portage
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Merrillville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Valparaiso
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Crown Point
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Schererville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schererville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schererville
    • Schererville is located in Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,593 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Schererville <3>
  • Hobart
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Highland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint John
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Griffith
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hurlburt ...

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

Adding Hurlburt to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hurlburt post office opened in 1883.

We also found Hurlburt in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hurlburt.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Porter, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hurlburt - 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.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/