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Welcome to Saint Meinrad ...

Saint Meinrad is located in Spencer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Saint Meinrad, you might consider that their post office opened in 1862.

A typical abbreviation for Saint Meinrad: St. Meinrad

Saint Meinrad is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Saint Meinrad: 812 & 930<3>

The ZIP code for Saint Meinrad: 47577<4>

Communities near Saint Meinrad ...

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

  • Jasper
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Tell City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Huntingburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Santa Claus
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Ferdinand
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Lewisport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Dale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Dale is located in Spencer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,480 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dale <5>
  • Cannelton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Hawesville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Grandview
    (18 miles [29 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 Saint Meinrad. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Saint Meinrad.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Saint Meinrad ...

Looking for more information about Saint Meinrad? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Saint Meinrad, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Saint Meinrad.

Adding Saint Meinrad to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Saint Meinrad 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 Saint Meinrad was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Saint Meinrad post office opened in 1862.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Saint Meinrad.

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 Saint Meinrad - 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 Saint Meinrad area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Saint Meinrad area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Saint Meinrad). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Saint Meinrad or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/