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Welcome to Passport ...Passport is located in Richland County<1>. The location of Passport has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Passport, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888. Passport is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Passport lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Passport (for example, toward Vincennes (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Passport is located in the (618) area code. Communities near Passport ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Passport.
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 Passport. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Passport. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Passport. 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 Passport. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Passport. See our Newspapers Page for Passport. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Passport ...Looking for more information about Passport? 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 Passport, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Passport. Adding Passport to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Passport 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 Passport was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Passport in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Passport. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Passport. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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