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Welcome to Gurney ...

So far, we found very little information about Gurney. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Gurney to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Gurney, please Contact Us.

Gurney would have been located within present day Cass County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gurney, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Gurney is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Gurney was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Gurney was located: 217 & 447<4>

Communities Also Named Gurney ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Gurney - they are located in Idaho, Kansas, Ontario and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Gurney ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Gurney to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gurney 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 Gurney was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gurney.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Gurney, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Cass, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gurney - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Gurney area will be assigned with one of these codes: 217 or 447. As a result, placing a call in the Gurney area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
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