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Welcome to Clearing ...

Clearing is located in Cook County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Clearing, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Clearing is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Clearing ...

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

  • Chicago
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Naperville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Cicero
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Hammond
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Hammond is located in Lake County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 75,342 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hammond <3>
  • Bolingbrook
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Evanston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Skokie
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Des Plaines
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Orland Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Tinley Park
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Clearing ...

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

Adding Clearing to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Clearing 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 Clearing was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Clearing post office opened in 1902. The Clearing post office closed in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Clearing.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Cook, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Clearing - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/