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Welcome to Prowsville ...

Prowsville is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Prowsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1855.

Prowsville is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel south from Prowsville (for example, toward Irvington (KY)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Prowsville: 812 & 930<3>

Communities near Prowsville ...

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

  • Bedford
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Salem
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Salem is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,236 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <4>
  • Mitchell
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Paoli
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Brownstown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Orleans
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • New Pekin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • New Pekin is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pekin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,392 people
  • Palmyra
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Medora
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Medora is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
  • Campbellsburg
    (3 miles [4.8 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 Prowsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Prowsville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Prowsville ...

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

Adding Prowsville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Prowsville post office opened in 1855. The Prowsville post office closed in 1868.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Prowsville.

Footnotes ...

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