Welcome to Catfish ...

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

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

Catfish would have been located within present day Edgar County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Catfish, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1869.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Catfish is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

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

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

Communities Also Named Catfish ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Catfish - they are located in New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Catfish ...

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

• Charleston
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
  • Charleston is located in Coles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,034 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charleston <5>
• Paris
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paris have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
  • Paris is located in Edgar County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,144 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paris <5>
• Villa Grove
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Grove
  • Villa Grove is located in Douglas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,414 people
• Chrisman
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chrisman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
  • Chrisman is located in Edgar County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,234 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chrisman <5>
• Oakland
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
  • Oakland is located in Coles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakland <5>
• Newman
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newman
  • Newman is located in Douglas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 836 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newman <5>
• Ashmore
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashmore have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmore
  • Ashmore is located in Coles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 740 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashmore <5>
• Kansas
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kansas have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
  • Kansas is located in Edgar County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 707 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kansas <5>
• Sidell
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sidell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidell
  • Sidell is located in Vermilion County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sidell <5>
• Westfield
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
  • Westfield is located in Clark County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westfield <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 Catfish. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Catfish.

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

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

Adding Catfish to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Catfish post office opened in 1869.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Catfish.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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