Welcome to Ogilville ...
Ogilville is located in Bartholomew County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Ogilville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.
Ogilville is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Ogilville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Ogilville: 812 & 930<3>
Communities near Ogilville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ogilville.
- Columbus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Seymour
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Edinburgh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Brownstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hope
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hope is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,248 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope <4>
- Princes Lakes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Princes Lakes is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princes Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,342 people
- Nashville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Elizabethtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Hartsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Clifford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 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 Ogilville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ogilville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ogilville. 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 Ogilville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ogilville. See our Newspapers Page for Ogilville.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ogilville ...
Looking for more information about Ogilville? 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 Ogilville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ogilville.
Adding Ogilville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Ogilville 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 Ogilville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Ogilville post office opened in 1893. The Ogilville post office closed in 1931.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Ogilville.
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 Ogilville - 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 Ogilville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Ogilville 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/ |