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Welcome to Edgington ...

Edgington is located in Rock Island County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Edgington, you might consider that their post office opened in 1847.

Edgington is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Edgington: 309 & 861<3>

Communities Also Named Edgington ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Edgington - they are located in Kentucky, Ontario and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Edgington ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Edgington ...

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

Adding Edgington to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Edgington 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 Edgington was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Edgington post office opened in 1847. The Edgington post office closed in 1920.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Edgington.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Rock Island, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Edgington - 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 309 code has been Overlayed with the 861 area code. New phone numbers in the Edgington area will be assigned with one of these codes: 309 or 861. As a result, placing a call in the Edgington 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.
<5>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/