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Welcome to Lacy ...

Lacy is located in Martin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lacy, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Lacy is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel south from Lacy (for example, toward Santa Claus), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Lacy: 812 & 930<3>

Communities Also Named Lacy ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Lacy - they are located in Arkansas (2), Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota, Tennessee and Texas.

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

Communities near Lacy ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lacy ...

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

Adding Lacy to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lacy post office opened in 1901. The Lacy post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lacy.

Footnotes ...

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