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Welcome to Florence ...The village of Florence is located in Pike County<1>. The location of Florence has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> The pronunciation of Florence: FLOR-uhns<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Florence, you might consider that their post office opened in 1840. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Florence has a population of 36 people<4> (see below for details). Florence is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: Florence lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Florence lies within the (217) area code. Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Florence had an population of 36 people. This is a decrease of 5.26% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 49.3% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Florence had a population of 38 people. This makes Florence the county's 16th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 38 people, the population of Florence decreased 46.48% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 71 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Florence. Communities Also Named Florence ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Illinois communities named Florence: This one is located in Pike County and the other is located in Stephenson County. Beyond Illinois, there are 63 communities that are also named Florence - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida (3), Georgia (2), Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky (2), Louisiana (2), Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey (2), New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (2), Nova Scotia, Ohio (4), Oklahoma, Ontario (3), Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, South Dakota (3), Tennessee (2), Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Florence. Communities near Florence ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Florence.
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 Florence. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Florence. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Florence. 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 Florence. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Florence. See our Newspapers Page for Florence. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Florence ...Looking for more information about Florence? 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 Florence, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Florence. Adding Florence to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Florence 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 for Florence was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Florence in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Florence. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Florence. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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