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Welcome to Kersey ...

Kersey is located in Jasper County<1>.

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

Kersey is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Kersey: 219

Communities Also Named Kersey ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Kersey - they are located in Colorado and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Kersey ...

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

  • Crown Point
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Cedar Lake
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Lowell
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Winfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Winfield is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,265 people
  • Rensselaer
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Hebron
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Kouts
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • North Judson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Wheatfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Medaryville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kersey ...

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

Adding Kersey to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Kersey post office opened in 1900. The Kersey post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kersey.

Footnotes ...

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