Welcome to Strawtown ...

Strawtown is located in Hamilton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Strawtown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1834.

Strawtown is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Strawtown ...

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

• Carmel
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Carmel is located in Hamilton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 101,643 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carmel <3>
• Fishers
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Fishers is located in Hamilton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 97,020 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fishers <3>
• Noblesville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Noblesville is located in Hamilton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noblesville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 65,835 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noblesville <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Noblesville
  • From Strawtown to Noblesville
• Anderson
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Anderson is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,631 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anderson <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Anderson
  • From Strawtown to Anderson
• Lawrence
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Lawrence is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,545 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lawrence <3>
• Westfield
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Westfield is located in Hamilton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,145 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westfield <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Westfield
  • From Strawtown to Westfield
• Elwood
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Elwood is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,379 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elwood <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Elwood
  • From Strawtown to Elwood
• McCordsville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • McCordsville is located in Hancock County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCordsville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,750 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McCordsville <3>
• Cicero
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Cicero is located in Hamilton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicero
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,999 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cicero <3>
• Tipton
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Tipton is located in Tipton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,990 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tipton <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Tipton
  • From Strawtown to Tipton

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Strawtown ...

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

Adding Strawtown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Strawtown post office opened in 1834. The Strawtown post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Strawtown.