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Welcome to Waymansville ...

Waymansville is located in Bartholomew County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Waymansville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860.

Waymansville is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Waymansville: 812 & 930<3>

Communities near Waymansville ...

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

  • Columbus
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Seymour
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Brownstown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Nashville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Medora
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Medora is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
  • Elizabethtown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
  • Clifford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
  • Jonesville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Becks Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Becks Grove is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
  • North Ogilville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • North Ogilville is located in Bartholomew County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ogilville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Waymansville ...

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

Adding Waymansville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Waymansville post office opened in 1860. The Waymansville post office closed in 1940.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Waymansville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Bartholomew, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Waymansville - 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 Waymansville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Waymansville 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/