Welcome to Hastings ...Hastings is located in Vermilion County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Hastings, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892. Hastings is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Hastings lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Hastings (for example, toward Cayuga (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Area Codes for Hastings: 217 & 447<3> Communities Also Named Hastings ...While we believe that this Hastings is located in Vermilion County, we know of another 2 Illinois communities named Hastings. Those communities are located in the following counties: Cook and Kane County. Beyond Illinois, there are 33 communities that are also named Hastings - they are located in Colorado, Florida (2), Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York (2), North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia (2), Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (3), Tennessee, Texas (2) and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hastings. Communities near Hastings ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hastings.
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 Hastings. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hastings. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hastings. 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 Hastings. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hastings. See our Newspapers Page for Hastings. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hastings ...Looking for more information about Hastings? 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 Hastings, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hastings. Adding Hastings to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Hastings 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 Hastings was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Hastings. Footnotes ...
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