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Welcome to Pelzer ...

Pelzer is located in Warrick County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pelzer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Pelzer is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Pelzer lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Pelzer (for example, toward Alton), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Pelzer: 812 & 930<3>

Communities Also Named Pelzer ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Pelzer - it's located in South Carolina.

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

Communities near Pelzer ...

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

  • Evansville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Owensboro
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Boonville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Chandler
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Chandler is located in Warrick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,288 people
  • Newburgh
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Rockport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Lewisport
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Dale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Dale is located in Spencer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,480 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dale <4>
  • Darmstadt
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Darmstadt is located in Vanderburgh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darmstadt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
  • Lynnville
    (14 miles [22.5 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 Pelzer. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pelzer.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pelzer ...

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

Adding Pelzer to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pelzer post office opened in 1898. The Pelzer post office closed in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pelzer.

Footnotes ...

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