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Welcome to Mineral City ...

Mineral City is located in Greene County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mineral City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

Mineral City is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Mineral City: 812 & 930<3>

Communities Also Named Mineral City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Mineral City - they are located in Idaho, Illinois, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Mineral City ...

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

  • Linton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Bloomfield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Worthington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Odon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Odon is located in Davies's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,390 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Odon <4>
  • Lyons
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Elnora
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Elnora is located in Davies's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
  • Plainville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Plainville is located in Davies's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
  • Sandborn
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandborn is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
  • Switz City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Newberry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Newberry is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 186 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 Mineral City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mineral City.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mineral City ...

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

Adding Mineral City to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mineral City post office opened in 1877. The Mineral City post office closed in 1895.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mineral City.

Footnotes ...

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