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Welcome to Briggs Landing ...

Briggs Landing is located in Schuyler County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Briggs Landing: Briggs Lndg. (or less commonly used: Briggs Lndng.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Briggs Landing for more information about variations on the name of Briggs Landing.

Briggs Landing is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Briggs Landing: 217 & 447<3>

Communities near Briggs Landing ...

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

  • Beardstown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Rushville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Mount Sterling
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Virginia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Astoria
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Meredosia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Bluffs
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Chandlerville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Chapin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Versailles
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Briggs Landing ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Schuyler, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Briggs Landing - 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 Briggs Landing area will be assigned with one of these codes: 217 or 447. As a result, placing a call in the Briggs Landing 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.