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Welcome to Giblin ...

Giblin is located in Champaign County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Giblin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Giblin is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Giblin (for example, toward State Line City (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Giblin: 217 & 447<3>

Communities near Giblin ...

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

  • Champaign
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Urbana
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Urbana is located in Champaign County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,724 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Urbana <4>
  • Mahomet
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Savoy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Savoy is located in Champaign County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savoy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,364 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Savoy <4>
  • Monticello
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Tuscola
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Tolono
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Tolono is located in Champaign County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolono
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,349 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tolono <4>
  • Villa Grove
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Villa Grove is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Grove
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,414 people
  • Bement
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Philo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Philo is located in Champaign County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,378 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Philo <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Giblin ...

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

Adding Giblin to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Giblin in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Giblin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Giblin post office opened in 1892. The Giblin post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Giblin.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Champaign, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Giblin - 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 217 code has been Overlayed with the 447 area code. New phone numbers in the Giblin area will be assigned with one of these codes: 217 or 447. As a result, placing a call in the Giblin 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/