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Welcome to Reddington ...

Reddington is located in Jackson County<1>.

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

Reddington is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Reddington: 812 & 930<3>

Communities near Reddington ...

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

  • Columbus
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Seymour
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • North Vernon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Austin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Brownstown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Hope
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Hope is located in Bartholomew County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,248 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope <4>
  • Crothersville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Westport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Westport is located in Decatur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
  • Elizabethtown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
  • Hartsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hartsville is located in Bartholomew County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Reddington ...

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

Adding Reddington to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Reddington post office opened in 1837. The Reddington post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Reddington.

Footnotes ...

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