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Welcome to Damiansville ...

The village of Damiansville is located in Clinton County<1>.


The location of Damiansville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Damiansville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1862.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Damiansville has a population of 487 people<3> (see below for details).

Damiansville is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

The area code for Damiansville: (618)

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Damiansville had an population of 487 people. This is a decrease of 0.81% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 32.34% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Damiansville had a population of 491 people. This makes Damiansville the county's 11th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 491 people, the population of Damiansville increased 33.42% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 368 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Damiansville.

Communities near Damiansville ...

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

  • Belleville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • O'Fallon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Shiloh
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shiloh have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
    • Shiloh is located in Saint Clair County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,653 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shiloh <5>
  • Swansea
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swansea have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansea
    • Swansea is located in Saint Clair County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,276 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swansea <5>
  • Highland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
    • Highland is located in Madison County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,017 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Highland <5>
  • Mascoutah
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Breese
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Lebanon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lebanon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
    • Lebanon is located in Saint Clair County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,225 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lebanon <5>
  • Freeburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • New Baden
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Baden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baden
    • New Baden is located in Clinton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,205 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Baden <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 Damiansville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Damiansville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Damiansville ...

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

Adding Damiansville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Damiansville post office opened in 1862.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Damiansville.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Damiansville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Clinton County: www.clintonco.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Clinton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Damiansville.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Damiansville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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