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Welcome to Grigg ...

Grigg is located in Randolph County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grigg, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Grigg is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Grigg: 618 & 730<3>

Communities near Grigg ...

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

  • Waterloo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Chester
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Sainte Genevieve
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Freeburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Sparta
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Smithton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Red Bud
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Steeleville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • New Athens
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • New Athens is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Athens
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,865 people
  • Marissa
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Marissa is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marissa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,785 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marissa <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 Grigg. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Grigg.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grigg ...

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

Adding Grigg to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Grigg post office opened in 1904. The Grigg post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grigg.

Footnotes ...

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