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Welcome to El Vista ...

El Vista is located in Peoria County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of El Vista, you might consider that their post office opened in 1931.

El Vista is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for El Vista: 309 & 861<3>

Communities Also Named El Vista ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Illinois communities named El Vista: This one is located in Peoria County and the other is located in Cook County.

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

Communities near El Vista ...

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

  • Pekin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Pekin is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,808 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pekin <4>
  • East Peoria
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • East Peoria is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Peoria
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,344 people
    • Former name for East Peoria:
    • Hilton
  • Washington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Morton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Morton is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,232 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morton <4>
  • Bartonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Chillicothe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Peoria Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Eureka
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Creve Coeur
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Creve Coeur is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creve Coeur
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,109 people
    • Former name for Creve Coeur:
    • Wesley City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Creve Coeur <4>
  • Metamora
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for El Vista ...

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

Adding El Vista to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the El Vista post office opened in 1931. The El Vista post office closed in 1983.

For more details, see References and Mentions for El Vista.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Peoria, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around El Vista - 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 El Vista area will be assigned with one of these codes: 309 or 861. As a result, placing a call in the El Vista 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/