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Welcome to Geneva ...So far, we found very little information about Geneva. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Geneva to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Geneva - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Geneva, please Contact Us. While we don't have the exact location of Geneva , we believe that it would have been located within present day Scott County<2>. The pronunciation of Geneva: juh-NEE-vuh<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Geneva, you might consider that their post office opened in 1831. Time Zone: The area where Geneva was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time If Geneva still existed, it would have been in the (217) area code. Communities Also Named Geneva ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Illinois communities named Geneva: This one is located in Scott County and the other is located in Kane County. Beyond Illinois, there are 40 communities that are also named Geneva - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, Florida (3), Georgia, Idaho, Indiana (2), Iowa (2), Kansas, Kentucky (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (3), Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (2), Utah, Washington and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Geneva. Adding Geneva to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Geneva 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 Geneva was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Geneva. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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