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Welcome to Kampenville ...

Kampenville is located in Randolph County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kampenville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

Kampenville is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Kampenville: 618 & 730<3>

Communities near Kampenville ...

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

  • Chester
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Du Quoin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Du Quoin is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Du Quoin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,591 people
  • Pinckneyville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Sparta
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Steeleville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Marissa
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Marissa is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marissa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,785 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marissa <4>
  • Coulterville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Tilden
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Evansville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Ava
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Ava is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ava
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ava <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kampenville ...

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

Adding Kampenville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Kampenville post office opened in 1873. The Kampenville post office closed in 1874.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kampenville.

Footnotes ...

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