Welcome to Gibson City (aka 'Gibson') ...Gibson City is located in Ford County<1>. The pronunciation of Gibson City: GIB-suhn<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Gibson City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Gibson City has a population of 3,275 people<3> (see below for details). Gibson City is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Gibson City lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Gibson City (for example, toward Ambia (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Area Codes for Gibson City: 217 & 447<5> The ZIP code for Gibson City: 60936<6> The community of Gibson City has also been called Gibson. Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Gibson City had an population of 3,275 people. This is a decrease of 3.87% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 2.91% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Gibson City had a population of 3,407 people (or 24.2% of the total population of Ford County). This makes Gibson City the county's 2nd most populous community. The population of Gibson City represents 0.03% of the population of Illinois (which has 12,830,632 people), making it the state's 406th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 3,407 people, the population of Gibson City increased 1.01% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 3,373 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Gibson City. Communities Also Named Gibson City ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Gibson City - it's located in Idaho. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gibson City. Communities near Gibson City ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gibson City.
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 Gibson City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gibson City. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gibson City. 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 Gibson City. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gibson City. Our list includes 7 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Gibson City. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gibson City ...Looking for more information about Gibson City? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Gibson City, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Gibson City. Adding Gibson City to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Gibson City 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 Gibson City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> For more details, see References and Mentions for Gibson City. Footnotes ...
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