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Welcome to Temple ...

Temple is located in Crawford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Temple, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Temple is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel south from Temple (for example, toward Irvington (KY)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Temple: 812 & 930<3>

Communities Also Named Temple ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Temple - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Texas.

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

Communities near Temple ...

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

  • Paoli
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Corydon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • French Lick
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Palmyra
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Milltown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Marengo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • West Baden Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • West Baden Springs is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baden Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
  • Birdseye
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Hardinsburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Leavenworth
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Temple ...

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

Adding Temple to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Temple post office opened in 1884. The Temple post office closed in 1940.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Temple.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Crawford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Temple - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 812 code has been Overlayed with the 930 area code. New phone numbers in the Temple area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Temple area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/