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Welcome to Inwood ...

Inwood is located in Marshall County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Inwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860.

Inwood is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Inwood (for example, toward Hamlet), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Inwood: 574

Communities Also Named Inwood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Inwood - they are located in California, Florida (2), Iowa, Manitoba, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, New York (3), Ontario, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Inwood ...

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

  • Plymouth
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Nappanee
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Rochester
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Bremen
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Walkerton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • North Liberty
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Wakarusa
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Bourbon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Argos
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Argos is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argos
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,619 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Argos <3>
  • Milford
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Milford is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Inwood ...

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

Adding Inwood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Inwood 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 Inwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Inwood post office opened in 1860. The Inwood post office closed in 1966.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Inwood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Marshall, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Inwood - 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>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/