Welcome to Barnes ...

Barnes is located in McLean County<1>.

The location of Barnes has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2>

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.<3>.

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

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 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.

Communities near Barnes ...

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

• Bloomington
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
  • Bloomington is located in McLean County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,132 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bloomington <4>
• Normal
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normal
  • Normal is located in McLean County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,451 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Normal <4>
• Le Roy
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Le Roy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Roy
  • Le Roy is located in McLean County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,498 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Le Roy <4>
• Heyworth
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heyworth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heyworth
  • Heyworth is located in McLean County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,869 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heyworth <4>
• El Paso
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for El Paso have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso
  • El Paso is located in Woodford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,700 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for El Paso <4>
• Lexington
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lexington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington
  • Lexington is located in McLean County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,020 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lexington <4>
• Hudson
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hudson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
  • Hudson is located in McLean County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hudson <4>
• Chenoa
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenoa
  • Chenoa is located in McLean County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,717 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chenoa <4>
• Gridley
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gridley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gridley
  • Gridley is located in McLean County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,392 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gridley <4>
• Danvers
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danvers have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danvers
  • Danvers is located in McLean County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
  • Danvers has also been known as:
  • Danver
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danvers <4>

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 for Barnes was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

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

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Barnes.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Barnes. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for McLean County: www.mclean.gov/

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