Welcome to Rectorville ...

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

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

Rectorville would have been located within present day Hamilton County<2>.

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

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

While the community is gone, the present day location for Rectorville is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

If Rectorville still existed, it would have been in the (618) area code.

Communities Also Named Rectorville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Rectorville - it's located in Kentucky.

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

Communities near Rectorville ...

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

• Harrisburg
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
  • Harrisburg is located in Saline County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,404 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrisburg <5>
• Carmi
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carmi have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmi
  • Carmi is located in White County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,740 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carmi <5>
• Eldorado
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eldorado have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
  • Eldorado is located in Saline County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,837 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eldorado <5>
• McLeansboro
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McLeansboro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLeansboro
  • McLeansboro is located in Hamilton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,730 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McLeansboro <5>
• Carrier Mills
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrier Mills
  • Carrier Mills is located in Saline County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,527 people
  • Former names for Carrier Mills:
  • Carriers Mills
  • Morrilsville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carrier Mills <5>
• Norris City
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norris City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris City
  • Norris City is located in White County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,134 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norris City <5>
• Galatia
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galatia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galatia
  • Galatia is located in Saline County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 868 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galatia <5>
• Ridgway
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgway
  • Ridgway is located in Gallatin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ridgway <5>
• Enfield
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
  • Enfield is located in White County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enfield <5>
• Thompsonville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
  • Thompsonville is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 519 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompsonville <5>

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

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

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

Adding Rectorville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

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

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rectorville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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