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Welcome to Blue Grass ...

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

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

Blue Grass would have been located within present day Vermilion County<2>.


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


While we don't have a date for the founding of Blue Grass, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1854.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Blue Grass is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Blue Grass was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Blue Grass (for example, toward West Lebanon (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Blue Grass would have been located in the (217) area code.

Communities Also Named Blue Grass ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Blue Grass - they are located in Iowa, Kentucky (2), Minnesota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia.

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

Communities near Blue Grass ...

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

  • Danville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Rantoul
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rantoul have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rantoul
    • Rantoul is located in Champaign County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,305 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rantoul <5>
  • Hoopeston
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hoopeston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopeston
    • Hoopeston is located in Vermilion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,940 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoopeston <5>
  • Paxton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paxton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
    • Paxton is located in Ford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,117 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paxton <5>
  • Oakwood
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
    • Oakwood is located in Vermilion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,460 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakwood <5>
  • Rossville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Milford
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
    • Milford is located in Iroquois County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,155 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milford <5>
  • Gifford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gifford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
    • Gifford is located in Champaign County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,035 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gifford <5>
  • Ogden
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ogden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
    • Ogden is located in Champaign County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 787 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ogden <5>
  • Cissna Park
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cissna Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cissna Park
    • Cissna Park is located in Iroquois County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 771 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cissna Park <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 Blue Grass. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Blue Grass.

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

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

Adding Blue Grass to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Blue Grass post office opened in 1854.

We also found Blue Grass in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blue Grass.

The official website for Vermilion County: www.co.vermilion.il.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Blue Grass, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Vermilion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blue Grass - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/




 

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