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Welcome to Rising Sun ...Rising Sun is located in Pope County<1>. The location of Rising Sun has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Rising Sun, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895. Rising Sun is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Rising Sun lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Rising Sun is within the boundaries of the (618) area code. Communities Also Named Rising Sun ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Illinois communities named Rising Sun: This one is located in Pope County and the other is located in White County. Beyond Illinois, there are 12 communities that are also named Rising Sun - they are located in Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland (2), Mississippi, Montana, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rising Sun. Communities near Rising Sun ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rising Sun.
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 Rising Sun. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rising Sun. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rising Sun. 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 Rising Sun. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rising Sun. See our Newspapers Page for Rising Sun. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rising Sun ...Looking for more information about Rising Sun? 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 Rising Sun, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rising Sun. Adding Rising Sun to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rising Sun 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 Rising Sun was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Rising Sun. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rising Sun. 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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