Welcome to Pettysville ...

Pettysville is located in Miami County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pettysville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

Pettysville is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Pettysville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Pettysville - it's located in Michigan.

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

Communities near Pettysville ...

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

• Peru
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Peru is located in Miami County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,937 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peru <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Peru
  • From Pettysville to Peru
• Wabash
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Wabash is located in Wabash County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,845 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wabash <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Wabash
  • From Pettysville to Wabash
• Rochester
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Rochester is located in Fulton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,997 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rochester <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Rochester
  • From Pettysville to Rochester
• North Manchester
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • North Manchester is located in Wabash County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Manchester
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,712 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Manchester <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to North Manchester
  • From Pettysville to North Manchester
• Andrews
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Andrews is located in Huntington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,134 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andrews <3>
• Akron
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Akron is located in Fulton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,103 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Akron <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Akron
  • From Pettysville to Akron
• Silver Lake
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Silver Lake is located in Kosciusko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 916 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver Lake <3>
• Bunker Hill
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Bunker Hill is located in Miami County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 847 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bunker Hill <3>
• La Fontaine
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • La Fontaine is located in Wabash County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Fontaine
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
• Denver
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Denver is located in Miami County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 462 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denver <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Denver
  • From Pettysville to Denver

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pettysville ...

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

Adding Pettysville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pettysville post office opened in 1875. The Pettysville post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pettysville.