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Welcome to Earls Island ...

Earls Island is located in Shelby County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Earls Island: Earls Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Earls Island for more information about variations on the name of Earls Island.

Earls Island is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Earls Island: 937 & 326<3>

Communities near Earls Island ...

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

  • Piqua
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Sidney
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Celina
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Wapakoneta
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Marys
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Coldwater
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • New Bremen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Covington
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Saint Henry
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Versailles
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Earls Island ...

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

Footnotes ...

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