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Welcome to Kercheval ...

Kercheval is located in Spencer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kercheval, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

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

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

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

Area Codes for Kercheval: 812 & 930<3>

Communities Also Named Kercheval ...

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

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

Communities near Kercheval ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kercheval ...

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

Adding Kercheval to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Kercheval in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Kercheval was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Kercheval post office opened in 1882. The Kercheval post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kercheval.

Footnotes ...

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