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Welcome to Berry ...

Berry is located in Sangamon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Berry, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.

Berry is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Berry: 217 & 447<3>

Communities Also Named Berry ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Berry - they are located in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky (2), Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.

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

Communities near Berry ...

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

  • Springfield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Chatham
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Taylorville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Sherman
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Auburn
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Rochester
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Riverton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Pawnee
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jerome
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jerome is located in Sangamon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,575 people
  • Southern View
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Southern View is located in Sangamon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southern View
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Berry ...

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

Adding Berry to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Berry 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 Berry was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Berry.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Sangamon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Berry - 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 217 code has been Overlayed with the 447 area code. New phone numbers in the Berry area will be assigned with one of these codes: 217 or 447. As a result, placing a call in the Berry area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.