Welcome to Hudson ...

The village of Hudson is located in McLean County<1>.

The location of Hudson has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hudson, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1836.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Hudson has a population of 1,807 people<3> (see below for details).

Hudson is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: Hudson lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The telephone area code for Hudson: (309)

The ZIP code for Hudson: 61748<5>

Websites for Hudson ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.mcleancochamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Hudson, the following might be of interest:

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Hudson had an population of 1,807 people. This is a decrease of 1.69% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 19.67% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Hudson had a population of 1,838 people. This makes Hudson the county's 6th most populous community.

The population of Hudson represents 0.01% of the population of Illinois (which has 12,830,632 people), making it the state's 513rd most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 1,838 people, the population of Hudson increased 21.72% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,510 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Hudson.

Communities Also Named Hudson ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 45 communities that are also named Hudson - they are located in Alabama (2), California (2), Colorado, Florida (2), Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (5), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico (2), New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Quebec, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (3), West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Hudson ...

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

• Bloomington
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
  • Bloomington is located in McLean County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,132 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bloomington <6>
• Normal
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normal
  • Normal is located in McLean County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,451 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Normal <6>
• Eureka
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eureka have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Eureka is located in Woodford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,232 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eureka <6>
• El Paso
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for El Paso have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso
  • El Paso is located in Woodford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,700 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for El Paso <6>
• Lexington
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lexington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington
  • Lexington is located in McLean County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,020 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lexington <6>
• Roanoke
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roanoke have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roanoke
  • Roanoke is located in Woodford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,966 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roanoke <6>
• Mackinaw
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackinaw
  • Mackinaw is located in Tazewell County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,861 people
  • Former name for Mackinaw:
  • Mackinawtown
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mackinaw <6>
• Chenoa
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenoa
  • Chenoa is located in McLean County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,717 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chenoa <6>
• Gridley
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gridley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gridley
  • Gridley is located in McLean County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,392 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gridley <6>
• Danvers
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danvers have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danvers
  • Danvers is located in McLean County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
  • Danvers has also been known as:
  • Danver
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danvers <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 Hudson. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hudson.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hudson ...

Looking for more information about Hudson? 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 Hudson, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Hudson.

Adding Hudson to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hudson post office opened in 1836.

We also found Hudson in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hudson.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hudson. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for McLean County: www.mclean.gov/

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov