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Welcome to Jordanville ...

So far, we found very little information about Jordanville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Jordanville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Jordanville, please Contact Us.

Jordanville would have been located within present day Morgan County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Jordanville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Jordanville is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Jordanville was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Jordanville was located: 217 & 447<4>

Communities Also Named Jordanville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Jordanville - they are located in Alabama, New York, Nova Scotia, Ohio and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Jordanville ...

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

  • Jacksonville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • South Jacksonville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • South Jacksonville is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Jacksonville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,075 people
  • Petersburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Virginia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • New Berlin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Waverly
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Ashland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Plains
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Loami
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Franklin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)

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

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

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

Adding Jordanville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Jordanville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Jordanville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Jordanville post office opened in 1886. The Jordanville post office closed in 1894.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jordanville.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Jordanville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Morgan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Jordanville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 217 code has been Overlayed with the 447 area code. New phone numbers in the Jordanville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 217 or 447. As a result, placing a call in the Jordanville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/