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Welcome to Dimmick ...

Dimmick is located in La Salle County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dimmick, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

Dimmick is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Dimmick: 815 & 779<3>

Communities Also Named Dimmick ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Dimmick - it's located in Oregon.

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

Communities near Dimmick ...

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

  • Ottawa
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Ottawa is located in La Salle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,097 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ottawa <4>
  • Peru
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Peru is located in La Salle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,612 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peru <4>
  • La Salle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Princeton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Mendota
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Spring Valley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Oglesby
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • De Pue
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • De Pue is located in Bureau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Pue
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,665 people
  • Earlville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • North Utica
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • North Utica is located in La Salle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Utica
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,333 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 Dimmick. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dimmick.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dimmick ...

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

Adding Dimmick to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dimmick 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 Dimmick was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dimmick.

Footnotes ...

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