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Welcome to Seafield ...

Seafield is located in White County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Seafield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1861.

Seafield is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Seafield (for example, toward Remington), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Communities near Seafield ...

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

  • Rensselaer
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Monticello
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Fowler
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Battle Ground
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Monon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Brookston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Otterbein
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Remington
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Goodland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Francesville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Seafield ...

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

Adding Seafield to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Seafield 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 Seafield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Seafield post office opened in 1861. The Seafield post office closed in 1939.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Seafield.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including White, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Seafield - 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/