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Welcome to Rumble ...

Rumble is located in Pike County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rumble, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Rumble is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: While Rumble is in the Eastern Time Zone, the area just to the south is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Rumble: 812 & 930<3>

Communities Also Named Rumble ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Rumble - it's located in West Virginia.

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

Communities near Rumble ...

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

  • Vincennes
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Washington
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Princeton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Fort Branch
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Oakland City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Petersburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Petersburg is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
  • Lynnville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Winslow
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Patoka
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Patoka is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoka
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
  • Elberfeld
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rumble ...

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

Adding Rumble to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rumble post office opened in 1888. The Rumble post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rumble.

Footnotes ...

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