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Welcome to Flowerfield ...

Flowerfield is located in Saint Joseph County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Flowerfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1832.

Flowerfield is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Flowerfield: 269

Communities Also Named Flowerfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Flowerfield - it's located in Illinois.

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

Communities near Flowerfield ...

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

  • Kalamazoo
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Portage
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Three Rivers
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Vicksburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Paw Paw
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Constantine
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Galesburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Mattawan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Parchment
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Lawton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lawton is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,796 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lawton <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Flowerfield ...

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

Adding Flowerfield to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Flowerfield post office opened in 1832. The Flowerfield post office closed in 1936.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Flowerfield.

Footnotes ...

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