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Welcome to Peabody ...

Peabody is located in Whitley County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Peabody, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Peabody is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Peabody and travel west, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Peabody: 260

Communities Also Named Peabody ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Peabody - they are located in Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Ontario, Quebec, Tennessee and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Peabody ...

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

  • Fort Wayne
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Huntington
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Columbia City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Huntertown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • North Manchester
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Winona Lake
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Churubusco
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • South Whitley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Roanoke
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • North Webster
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Peabody ...

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

Adding Peabody to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Peabody post office opened in 1883. The Peabody post office closed in 1923.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Peabody.

Footnotes ...

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