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Welcome to Saturn ...

Saturn is located in Whitley County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Saturn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857.

Saturn is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Saturn: 260

Communities Also Named Saturn ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Saturn - it's located in Texas.

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

Communities near Saturn ...

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

  • Fort Wayne
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Huntington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • New Haven
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Columbia City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Huntertown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Ossian
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Churubusco
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • South Whitley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Roanoke
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Andrews
    (17 miles [27.4 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 Saturn. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Saturn.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Saturn ...

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

Adding Saturn to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Saturn in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Saturn was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Saturn post office opened in 1857. The Saturn post office closed in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Saturn.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Whitley, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Saturn - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/