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Welcome to French Village ...

French Village is located in Saint Clair County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of French Village, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1841.

A typical abbreviation for French Village: French Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)

French Village is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for French Village: 618 & 730<3>

Communities Also Named French Village ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named French Village - they are located in Missouri (2), New Brunswick (2), Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

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

Communities near French Village ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for French Village ...

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

Adding French Village to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the French Village post office opened in 1841.

We also found French Village in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for French Village.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for French Village. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Saint Clair County: www.co.st-clair.il.us/

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Saint Clair, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around French Village - 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 French Village area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the French Village 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 their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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