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Welcome to Point Commerce ...

Point Commerce is located in Greene County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Point Commerce, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837.

A typical abbreviation for Point Commerce: Pt. Commerce

Point Commerce is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Point Commerce (for example, toward Palestine (IL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Point Commerce: 812 & 930<3>

Communities near Point Commerce ...

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

  • Ellettsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Linton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Bloomfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Spencer
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jasonville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Odon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Odon is located in Davies's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,390 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Odon <4>
  • Dugger
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Clay City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Hymera
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Hymera is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
  • Lyons
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Point Commerce ...

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

Adding Point Commerce to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Point Commerce post office opened in 1837. The Point Commerce post office closed in 1869.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Point Commerce.

Footnotes ...

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