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Welcome to Scircleville ...

Scircleville is located in Clinton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Scircleville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1875.

Scircleville is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Scircleville: 765

Communities near Scircleville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Scircleville ...

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

Adding Scircleville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Scircleville post office opened in 1875.

We also found Scircleville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Scircleville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Clinton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Scircleville - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/