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Welcome to Young ...

Young is located in Brown County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Young, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

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

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

Area Codes for Young: 812 & 930<3>

Communities Also Named Young ...

While we believe that this Young is located in Brown County, we know of another 2 Indiana communities named Young. Those communities are located in the following counties: Morgan and Vigo County.

Beyond Indiana, there are 15 communities that are also named Young - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Michigan, Mississippi, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Saskatchewan, Tennessee (2), Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Young ...

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

  • Bloomington
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Bedford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Ellettsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Brownstown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Oolitic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Nashville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Medora
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Medora is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
  • Judah
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Judah is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
  • Story
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Story is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
  • Houston
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Houston is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Young ...

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

Adding Young to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Young in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Young was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Young post office opened in 1903. The Young post office closed in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Young.

Footnotes ...

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