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Welcome to Hunt City ...

Hunt City is located in Jasper County<1>.

Hunt City is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Hunt City (for example, toward Merom (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Communities near Hunt City ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hunt City ...

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

Adding Hunt City to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hunt City 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 for Hunt City was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hunt City.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Jasper, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hunt City - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.