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Welcome to Myersville ...

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

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

Myersville would have been located within present day Vermilion County<2>.


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


While we don't have a date for the founding of Myersville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1858.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Myersville is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Myersville was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Myersville (for example, toward West Lebanon (IN)), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

The location where Myersville once stood is in the (217) area code.

Communities Also Named Myersville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Myersville - they are located in Arkansas, Maryland, Ohio, South Dakota and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Myersville ...

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

  • Danville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Hoopeston
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hoopeston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopeston
    • Hoopeston is located in Vermilion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,940 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoopeston <5>
  • Georgetown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
    • Georgetown is located in Vermilion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,145 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Georgetown <5>
  • Westville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
    • Westville is located in Vermilion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,913 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westville <5>
  • Tilton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tilton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
    • Tilton is located in Vermilion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,655 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tilton <5>
  • Covington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Covington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
    • Covington is located in Fountain County (IN)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,540 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Covington <5>
  • Catlin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catlin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlin
    • Catlin is located in Vermilion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,899 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Catlin <5>
  • Williamsport
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport
    • Williamsport is located in Warren County (IN)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,837 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williamsport <5>
  • Oakwood
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
    • Oakwood is located in Vermilion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,460 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakwood <5>
  • Rossville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)

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

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

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

Adding Myersville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Myersville 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 Myersville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Myersville post office opened in 1858.

We also found Myersville in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Myersville.

The official website for Vermilion County: www.co.vermilion.il.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Myersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Vermilion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Myersville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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