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Welcome to Newbern ...

Newbern is located in Bartholomew County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Newbern, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1833.

Newbern is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Newbern: 812 & 930<3>

Communities Also Named Newbern ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Newbern - they are located in Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia.

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

Communities near Newbern ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Newbern ...

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

Adding Newbern to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Newbern 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 for Newbern was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Newbern post office opened in 1833.

We also found Newbern in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Newbern.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Bartholomew, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Newbern - 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 Newbern area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Newbern 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/