Welcome to Illinoistown ...

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

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

Illinoistown would have been located within present day Placer County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Illinoistown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1853.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Illinoistown is 2,280 feet [695 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Illinoistown is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Illinoistown was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Illinoistown would have been located in the (530) area code.

Communities near Illinoistown ...

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

• Auburn
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
  • Auburn is located in Placer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,205 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Auburn <5>
• Grass Valley
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Valley
  • Grass Valley is located in Nevada County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,763 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grass Valley <5>
• Nevada City
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada City
  • Nevada City is located in Nevada County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,127 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nevada City <5>
• Iowa Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Hill
  • Iowa Hill is located in Placer County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iowa Hill <5>
• Alta Sierra
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alta Sierra have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Sierra
  • Alta Sierra is located in Nevada County
• Applegate
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applegate
  • Applegate is located in Placer County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Applegate <5>
• Lake of the Pines
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake of the Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake of the Pines
  • Lake of the Pines is located in Nevada County
• Secret Town
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Secret Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secret Town
  • Secret Town is located in Placer County
• Yankee Jims
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yankee Jims have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Jims
  • Yankee Jims is located in Placer County
• Meadow Vista
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Vista
  • Meadow Vista is located in Placer County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meadow Vista <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 Illinoistown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Illinoistown.

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

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

Adding Illinoistown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Illinoistown post office opened in 1853.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Illinoistown.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Placer County: www.placer.ca.gov/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/