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Welcome to Greenbush ...

Greenbush is located in Warren County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Greenbush, you might consider that their post office opened in 1838.

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

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

Area Codes for Greenbush: 309 & 861<3>

Communities Also Named Greenbush ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Greenbush - they are located in Georgia, Iowa, Kansas (2), Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York (2), Ohio (2), Ontario, Saskatchewan, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Greenbush ...

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

  • Galesburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Macomb
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Macomb is located in McDonough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macomb
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,206 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Macomb <4>
  • Monmouth
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Abingdon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Bushnell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Knoxville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Roseville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Stronghurst
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • East Galesburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • East Galesburg is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Galesburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
  • Avon
    (6 miles [9.7 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 Greenbush. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Greenbush.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Greenbush ...

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

Adding Greenbush to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Greenbush post office opened in 1838. The Greenbush post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Greenbush.

Footnotes ...

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