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Welcome to Clarke City ...

Clarke City is primarily located in Grundy County<1>. A portion of Clarke City extends into Kankakee County.

Clarke City is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Clarke City: 815 & 779<3>

Communities Also Named Clarke City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Clarke City - it's located in Quebec.

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

Websites for Clarke City ...

Junior League:   www.jlkankakee.org/

Communities near Clarke City ...

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

  • Bourbonnais
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Morris
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Channahon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Braidwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Wilmington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wilmington is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,597 people
  • Coal City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Dwight
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Dwight is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dwight <4>
  • Diamond
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Elwood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Limestone
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Limestone is located in Kankakee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Clarke City ...

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

Footnotes ...

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