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Welcome to Coal City ...The village of Coal City is primarily located in Grundy County<1>. A portion of Coal City extends into Will County. The location of Coal City has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Coal City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Coal City has a population of 5,414 people<3> (see below for details). Coal City is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Coal City lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area codes for Coal City: (815) & (779)<5> The ZIP code for Coal City: 60416<6> Websites for Coal City ...Official Website: www.coalcity-illinois.com/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Coal City had an population of 5,414 people. This is a decrease of 3.1% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 12.86% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Coal City had a population of 5,587 people (which is 11.16% of the total population of Grundy County). This makes Coal City the county's 4th most populous community. The population of Coal City represents 0.04% of the total population of Illinois (which has 12,830,632 people), making it the state's 313rd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 5,587 people, the population of Coal City increased 16.47% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 4,797 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Coal City. Communities Also Named Coal City ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Coal City - they are located in Alabama, Indiana, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Utah and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Coal City. Communities near Coal City ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Coal City.
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 Coal City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Coal City. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Coal City. 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 Coal City. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Coal City. See our Newspapers Page for Coal City. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Coal City ...Looking for more information about Coal City? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Coal City, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Coal City. Adding Coal City to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Coal City 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 for Coal City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Coal City on a map titled Rand McNally Map (1881). For more details, see References and Mentions for Coal City. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Coal City: www.coalcity-illinois.com/ The official website for Grundy County: www.grundyco.org/ The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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