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Welcome to Sedley ...

Sedley is located in Porter County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sedley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Sedley is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Sedley: 219

Communities Also Named Sedley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Sedley - they are located in Saskatchewan and Virginia.

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

Communities near Sedley ...

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

  • Hammond
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Gary
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Gary is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 74,693 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gary <3>
  • Portage
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Merrillville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Valparaiso
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Crown Point
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Schererville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Hobart
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • East Chicago
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Munster
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sedley ...

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

Adding Sedley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sedley post office opened in 1883. The Sedley post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sedley.

Footnotes ...

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