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Welcome to Steam Corner ...

Steam Corner is located in Fountain County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Steam Corner, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

A typical abbreviation for Steam Corner: Steam Cor. (or less commonly used: Steam Crn.)

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

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

Note: If you travel west from Steam Corner (for example, toward Westville (IL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Steam Corner: 765

Communities near Steam Corner ...

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

  • Crawfordsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Attica
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Covington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Rockville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Veedersburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Williamsport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Cayuga
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Cayuga is located in Vermillion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,095 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cayuga <3>
  • Montezuma
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Waynetown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • West Lebanon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • West Lebanon is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Steam Corner ...

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

Adding Steam Corner to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Steam Corner post office opened in 1851. The Steam Corner post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Steam Corner.

Footnotes ...

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