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Welcome to North Terre Haute ...

North Terre Haute is located in Vigo County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of North Terre Haute, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.

A typical abbreviation for North Terre Haute: N. Terre Haute

North Terre Haute is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from North Terre Haute (for example, toward Kansas (IL)), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for North Terre Haute: 812 & 930<3>

Communities near North Terre Haute ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near North Terre Haute.

  • Terre Haute
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Paris
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Paris is located in Edgar County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,144 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paris <4>
  • Brazil
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Clinton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Rockville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • West Terre Haute
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairview Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Fairview Park is located in Vermillion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Park
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,298 people
  • Farmersburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Seelyville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Seelyville is located in Vigo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,004 people
  • Montezuma
    (18 miles [29 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 North Terre Haute. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for North Terre Haute.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for North Terre Haute ...

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

Adding North Terre Haute to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the North Terre Haute post office opened in 1912. The North Terre Haute post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for North Terre Haute.

Footnotes ...

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