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Welcome to Holmes Corner ...

Holmes Corner is located in Pope County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Holmes Corner: Holmes Cor. (or less commonly used: Holmes Crn.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Holmes Corner for more information about variations on the name of Holmes Corner.

Holmes Corner is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Holmes Corner: 618 & 730<3>

Communities near Holmes Corner ...

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

  • Paducah
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Paducah is located in McCracken County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paducah
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,883 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paducah <4>
  • Metropolis
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Vienna
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Rosiclare
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Brookport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Golconda
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Karnak
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Joppa
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Smithland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Elizabethtown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Holmes Corner ...

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

Footnotes ...

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