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Welcome to Edgetown ...

Edgetown is located in Kankakee County<1>.

Edgetown is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel south from Edgetown (for example, toward Earl Park (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Edgetown: 815 & 779<3>

Websites for Edgetown ...

Junior League:   www.jlkankakee.org/

Communities near Edgetown ...

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

  • Crown Point
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Kankakee
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Saint John
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Bourbonnais
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Bradley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Cedar Lake
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Lowell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lowell is located in Lake County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,137 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lowell <4>
  • Manteno
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Crete
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • University Park
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Edgetown ...

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

Adding Edgetown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Edgetown 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 Edgetown was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Edgetown.

Footnotes ...

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