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Welcome to Huegely ...

Huegely is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Huegely, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Huegely is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Huegely: 618 & 730<3>

Communities near Huegely ...

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

  • Centralia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Breese
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Carlyle
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Nashville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Okawville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Germantown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Sandoval
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Wamac
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wamac is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wamac
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,117 people
  • Albers
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Central City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Central City is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,107 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Huegely ...

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

Adding Huegely to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Huegely post office opened in 1898. The Huegely post office closed in 1931.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Huegely.

Footnotes ...

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