Welcome to Earley ...

So far, we found very little information about Earley. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Earley to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Earley, please Contact Us.

Earley would have been located within present day Mercer County<2>.

The location of Earley has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Earley, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1881.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Earley is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Earley was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Earley would have been located in the (419) and (567)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Earley ...

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

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

Communities near Earley ...

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

• Van Wert
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van Wert have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Wert
  • Van Wert is located in Van Wert County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,614 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van Wert <6>
• Celina
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celina
  • Celina is located in Mercer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,438 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Celina <6>
• Saint Marys
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
  • Saint Marys is located in Auglaize County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,113 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Marys <6>
• Coldwater
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
  • Coldwater is located in Mercer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,562 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coldwater <6>
• Berne
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
  • Berne is located in Adams County (IN)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,262 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berne <6>
• New Bremen
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Bremen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bremen
  • New Bremen is located in Auglaize County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,949 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Bremen <6>
• Minster
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minster have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minster
  • Minster is located in Auglaize County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,828 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minster <6>
• Saint Henry
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Henry
  • Saint Henry is located in Mercer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,574 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Henry <6>
• Spencerville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencerville
  • Spencerville is located in Allen County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,142 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spencerville <6>
• Fort Recovery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Recovery
  • Fort Recovery is located in Mercer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,470 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Recovery <6>

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

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

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

Adding Earley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Earley 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 for Earley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Earley post office opened in 1881.

We also found Earley in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Earley.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Mercer County: www.mercercountyohio.org/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/