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Welcome to Drivers ...

Drivers is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Drivers, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Drivers is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Drivers: 618 & 730<3>

Communities Also Named Drivers ...

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

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

Communities near Drivers ...

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

  • Mount Vernon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Centralia
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Ina
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Ina is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ina
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,279 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ina <4>
  • Sesser
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Wamac
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Wamac is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wamac
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,117 people
  • Central City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Central City is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,107 people
  • Bluford
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Irvington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Tamaroa
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Dahlgren
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Drivers ...

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

Adding Drivers to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Drivers 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 Drivers was on a map titled Rand McNally Map (1881).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Drivers.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Drivers - 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 618 code has been Overlayed with the 730 area code. New phone numbers in the Drivers area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Drivers 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.