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Welcome to Jules ...

Jules is located in Cass County<1>.

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

Jules is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Jules: 217 & 447<3>

Communities Also Named Jules ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Jules - it's located in Quebec.

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

Communities near Jules ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Jules ...

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

Adding Jules to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Jules post office opened in 1885. The Jules post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jules.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Cass, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Jules - 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 217 code has been Overlayed with the 447 area code. New phone numbers in the Jules area will be assigned with one of these codes: 217 or 447. As a result, placing a call in the Jules 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/