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Welcome to Nead ...

Nead is located in Miami County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Nead, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Nead is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities near Nead ...

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

  • Kokomo
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Logansport
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Peru
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Peru is located in Miami County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,937 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peru <3>
  • Wabash
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Greentown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Galveston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Converse
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Walton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bunker Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Denver
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Nead ...

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

Adding Nead to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Nead post office opened in 1894. The Nead post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nead.

Footnotes ...

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