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Welcome to Pigeon ...

Pigeon is located in Spencer County<1>.

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

Pigeon is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Pigeon: 812 & 930<3>

Communities Also Named Pigeon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Pigeon - they are located in Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan (2), Pennsylvania, Utah and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Pigeon ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pigeon ...

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

Adding Pigeon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pigeon in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Pigeon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Pigeon post office opened in 1883. The Pigeon post office closed in 1920.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pigeon.

Footnotes ...

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