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Welcome to Garrison ...

Garrison is located in Hamilton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Garrison, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Garrison is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Garrison: 618 & 730<3>

Communities Also Named Garrison ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named Garrison - they are located in Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana (2), Nebraska, New Mexico (2), New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Garrison ...

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

  • Fairfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • McLeansboro
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Wayne City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Bluford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cisne
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Enfield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Dahlgren
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jeffersonville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jeffersonville is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 350 people
  • Belle Rive
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Sims
    (7 miles [11.3 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 Garrison. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Garrison.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Garrison ...

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

Adding Garrison to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Garrison post office opened in 1893. The Garrison post office closed in 1936.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Garrison.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Hamilton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Garrison - 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 Garrison area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Garrison 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/