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Welcome to Gingle Corners ...

Gingle Corners is located in Mercer County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Gingle Corners: Gingle Cors.

Gingle Corners is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Gingle Corners: 309 & 861<3>

Communities near Gingle Corners ...

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

  • Rock Island
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Muscatine
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Muscatine is located in Muscatine County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscatine
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,523 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muscatine <4>
  • Milan
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Milan is located in Rock Island County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,945 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milan <4>
  • Coal Valley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Aledo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Orion
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Blue Grass
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Buffalo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Buffalo is located in Scott County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,257 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo <4>
  • Andalusia
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Viola
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gingle Corners ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Mercer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gingle Corners - 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 309 code has been Overlayed with the 861 area code. New phone numbers in the Gingle Corners area will be assigned with one of these codes: 309 or 861. As a result, placing a call in the Gingle Corners 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.