Summary for Blue Ridge

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Located in: Piatt County (see below)

Typical Abbreviation: Blue Rdg.

Time Zone: Blue Ridge lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT)<1>

Telephone Area Codes: 217 & 447<2>

Elevation: 780 feet [237.74 m] above sea level<3>

GPS Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude)<4>

For the purpose of mapping and calculating distances, we have chosen the following reference point for Blue Ridge:

Lat: 40.267800° (or 40°16'4" N)

Lon: -88.488100° (or -88°29'17" W)

USGS Topo Map: Foosland<5>

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Blue Ridge

GNIS ID: 422478

FIPS State / Place Code: 17 / 06795

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Blue Ridge)

About Piatt County

The community of Monticello is the County Seat for Piatt County.

From the 2010 US Census (For more detail, see our Census Page for Piatt)

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:<6>	16,344 (2.18% decrease since 2010)
2010	16,709 (2.1% increase since 2000)
2000:	16,365

Total Area:<7> 439.5 sq. miles [1,138.2 km²]

Housing Units: <8> 7,269

Official Website: www.piattcounty.org/

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Piatt

GNIS ID: 424275

FIPS State / County Code: 17 / 147

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Blue Ridge)

About Illinois

From the US Census

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:	12,667,017 (1.28% decrease since 2010)
2010:	12,830,632 (3.31% increase since 2000)
2000:	12,419,293

Websites for State of Illinois

Official Website: https://illinois.gov

Tourism: https://www.enjoyillinois.com/

Parks: https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/

Fishing: https://www.ifishillinois.org/

Hunting: https://dnr.illinois.gov/hunting.html

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for State of Illinois

GNIS ID: 1779784

FIPS State: 17

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Blue Ridge)

Off-the-Road Links ...

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The official website for Piatt County: www.piattcounty.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>	While Blue Ridge is in the Central Time Zone, the area to the east is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).
<2>	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 Blue Ridge area will be assigned with one of these codes: 217 or 447. As a result, placing a call in the Blue Ridge area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blue Ridge - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>	Longitude & latitude values may not be the geographic center of Blue Ridge, rather it may be a prominent intersection or the center of population, etc. It will vary depending on the source.
<5>	Name of the USGS 7.5 Minute topographic map which includes Blue Ridge.
<6>	Every year, the US Census Bureau creates a population estimate for the preceeding year. Keep in mind that this value is an estimate and not an actual count. The most recent Census estimate is for the year 2019.
<7>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Blue Ridge. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group.
<8>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live (whether occupied or temporarily vacant), such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway).