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Welcome to Lauer ...

Lauer is located in Perry County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lauer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1930.

Lauer is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Lauer: 812 & 930<3>

Communities Also Named Lauer ...

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

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

Communities near Lauer ...

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

  • Tell City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Hardinsburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Lewisport
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Cannelton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Irvington
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Irvington is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irvington <4>
  • Cloverport
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cloverport is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cloverport <4>
  • Hawesville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Whitesville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Fordsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Troy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lauer ...

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

Adding Lauer to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lauer post office opened in 1930. The Lauer post office closed in 1945.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lauer.

Footnotes ...

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