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Welcome to Inman ...

Inman is located in Gallatin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Inman, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

Inman is 370 feet [113 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Inman: 618 & 730<3>

Communities Also Named Inman ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Inman - they are located in Alabama, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas (3), Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee (2) and Virginia.

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

Communities near Inman ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Inman ...

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

Adding Inman to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Inman post office opened in 1885. The Inman post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Inman.

Footnotes ...

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