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Welcome to Lapland ...

Lapland is located in Montgomery County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lapland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

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

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

Note: If you travel west from Lapland (for example, toward Ridge Farm (IL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Lapland: 765

Communities Also Named Lapland ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Lapland - they are located in Kansas and Nova Scotia.

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

Communities near Lapland ...

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

  • Crawfordsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Greencastle
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Rockville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Ladoga
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Waynetown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jamestown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Roachdale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Darlington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Darlington is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
  • Linden
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Bainbridge
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bainbridge is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 743 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 Lapland. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lapland.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lapland ...

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

Adding Lapland to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lapland post office opened in 1885. The Lapland post office closed in 1899.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lapland.

Footnotes ...

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