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Welcome to Mahalasville ...

Mahalasville is located in Morgan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mahalasville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854.

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

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

Communities near Mahalasville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mahalasville ...

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

Adding Mahalasville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mahalasville post office opened in 1854. The Mahalasville post office closed in 1928.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mahalasville.

Footnotes ...

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