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Welcome to Cereal ...

Cereal is located in Livingston County<1>.

Cereal is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Cereal: 815 & 779<3>

Communities Also Named Cereal ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Cereal - they are located in Alberta, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Texas.

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

Communities near Cereal ...

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

  • Pontiac
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Pontiac is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,176 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pontiac <4>
  • Fairbury
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Gibson City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Gibson City is located in Ford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,275 people
    • Gibson City has also been known as:
    • Gibson
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gibson City <4>
  • Chenoa
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Gilman
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Onarga
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Forrest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Chatsworth
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Colfax
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Piper City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cereal ...

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

Adding Cereal to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cereal 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 Cereal was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cereal.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Livingston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cereal - 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 815 code has been Overlayed with the 779 area code. New phone numbers in the Cereal area will be assigned with one of these codes: 815 or 779. As a result, placing a call in the Cereal 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.