Do you know of Illinoistown ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Illinoistown. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Illinoistown.<1>

Our sources for Illinoistown (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Illinoistown other than they indicate that Illinoistown would be found somewhere in Saint Clair County, Illinois.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1824 and closed  in 1864.

Communities Also Named Illinoistown ...

We found one communities that share the name Illinoistown.

Within Illinois, the name Illinoistown is unique.

Beyond Illinois, there is another community also named Illinoistown in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • California
    • Placer County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Illinoistown [Placer County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Illinoistown ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Illinoistown:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

More Orphans in  Saint Clair County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Saint Clair County.