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Welcome to Babylon ...

Babylon is located in Fulton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Babylon, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1875.

Babylon is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Babylon lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Babylon: 309 & 861<3>

Communities Also Named Babylon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Babylon - they are located in Nevada, New York and Utah.

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

Communities near Babylon ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Babylon ...

Looking for more information about Babylon? 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 Babylon, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Babylon.

Adding Babylon to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Babylon post office opened in 1875.

We also found Babylon in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Babylon.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Fulton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Babylon - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 309 code has been Overlayed with the 861 area code. New phone numbers in the Babylon area will be assigned with one of these codes: 309 or 861. As a result, placing a call in the Babylon area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/