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Welcome to Kerrick ...

Kerrick is located in McLean County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kerrick, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Kerrick is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Kerrick ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Kerrick - they are located in Minnesota and Texas.

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

Websites for Kerrick ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.mcleancochamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Kerrick, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Kerrick ...

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

  • Bloomington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Eureka
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Le Roy
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Heyworth
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • El Paso
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Lexington
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mackinaw
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Mackinaw is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackinaw
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,861 people
    • Former name for Mackinaw:
    • Mackinawtown
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mackinaw <3>
  • Hudson
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Chenoa
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Gridley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kerrick ...

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

Adding Kerrick to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Kerrick 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 Kerrick was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Kerrick post office opened in 1899. The Kerrick post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kerrick.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including McLean, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kerrick - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/