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Welcome to Henkel ...

Henkel is located in Lee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Henkel, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Henkel is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Henkel: 815 & 779<3>

Communities Also Named Henkel ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Henkel - it's located in Colorado.

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

Communities near Henkel ...

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

  • Peru
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Peru is located in La Salle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,612 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peru <4>
  • La Salle
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Mendota
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Spring Valley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Amboy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • De Pue
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • De Pue is located in Bureau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Pue
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,665 people
  • Earlville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • North Utica
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • North Utica is located in La Salle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Utica
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,333 people
  • Ladd
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Ladd is located in Bureau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladd
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,184 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ladd <4>
  • Franklin Grove
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Henkel ...

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

Adding Henkel to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Henkel post office opened in 1895. The Henkel post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Henkel.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Lee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Henkel - 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 815 code has been Overlayed with the 779 area code. New phone numbers in the Henkel area will be assigned with one of these codes: 815 or 779. As a result, placing a call in the Henkel 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/