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Welcome to Barnes ...

Barnes is located in McLean County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Barnes, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Barnes is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Barnes ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 31 communities that are also named Barnes - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan (3), Mississippi, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina (2), Tennessee (2), Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Wyoming.

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

Websites for Barnes ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.mcleancochamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Barnes, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Barnes ...

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

  • Bloomington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Normal
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Le Roy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Heyworth
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • El Paso
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Lexington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hudson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Chenoa
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Gridley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Danvers
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Danvers is located in McLean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danvers
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
    • Danvers has also been known as:
    • Danver
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danvers <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Barnes ...

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

Adding Barnes to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Barnes 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 (so far) for Barnes was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Barnes post office opened in 1884. The Barnes post office closed in 1919.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Barnes.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including McLean, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Barnes - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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