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Welcome to Rantoul ...The village of Rantoul is located in Champaign County<1>. The location of Rantoul has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> The pronunciation of Rantoul: ran-TOOL<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Rantoul, you might consider that their post office opened in 1862. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Rantoul has a population of 12,484 people<4> (see below for details). Rantoul is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: Rantoul lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Rantoul (for example, toward State Line City (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Rantoul is within the (217) area code. The ZIP code for Rantoul: 61866<6> Websites for Rantoul ...Official Website: www.village.rantoul.il.us/ Chamber of Commerce: www.rantoulchamber.com/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Rantoul had an population of 12,484 people. This is a decrease of 3.53% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 2.9% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Rantoul had a population of 12,941 people (which is 6.44% of the total population of Champaign County). This makes Rantoul the county's 3rd most populous community. The population of Rantoul represents 0.1% of the total population of Illinois (which has 12,830,632 people), making it the state's 187th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 12,941 people, the population of Rantoul has remained roughly the same as the 2000 Census (which had a count of 12,857 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Rantoul. Communities Also Named Rantoul ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Rantoul - it's located in Kansas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rantoul. Communities near Rantoul ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rantoul.
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 Rantoul. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rantoul. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rantoul. 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 Rantoul. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rantoul. Our list includes 8 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Rantoul. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rantoul ...Looking for more information about Rantoul? 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 Rantoul, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Rantoul. Adding Rantoul to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rantoul 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 Rantoul was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Rantoul in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Rantoul. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Rantoul: www.village.rantoul.il.us/ The official website for Champaign County: www.co.champaign.il.us/ The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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