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Welcome to Abe ...

Abe is located in Miami County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Abe, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Abe is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Abe: 937 & 326<3>

Communities Also Named Abe ...

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

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

Communities near Abe ...

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

  • Troy
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Troy is located in Miami County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,473 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <4>
  • Piqua
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Sidney
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Greenville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Tipp City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Union
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Union is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,909 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union <4>
  • West Milton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • New Bremen
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Minster
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Covington
    (3 miles [4.8 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 Abe. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Abe.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Abe ...

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

Adding Abe to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Abe post office opened in 1897. The Abe post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Abe.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Miami, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Abe - 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 937 code has been Overlayed with the 326 area code. New phone numbers in the Abe area will be assigned with one of these codes: 937 or 326. As a result, placing a call in the Abe 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/