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Welcome to Kramm ...

Kramm is located in Peoria County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kramm, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1883.

Kramm is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Kramm: 309 & 861<3>

Communities Also Named Kramm ...

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

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

Communities near Kramm ...

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

  • Peoria
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Pekin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
    • Pekin is located in Tazewell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,808 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pekin <4>
  • East Peoria
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Peoria
    • East Peoria is located in Tazewell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,344 people
    • Former name for East Peoria:
    • Hilton
  • Washington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Morton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
    • Morton is located in Tazewell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,232 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morton <4>
  • Canton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Bartonville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Chillicothe
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Peoria Heights
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Creve Coeur
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creve Coeur
    • Creve Coeur is located in Tazewell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,109 people
    • Former name for Creve Coeur:
    • Wesley City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Creve Coeur <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 Kramm. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Kramm.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kramm ...

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

Adding Kramm to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Kramm post office opened in 1883.

We also found Kramm in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kramm.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Peoria, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kramm - 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 309 code has been Overlayed with the 861 area code. New phone numbers in the Kramm area will be assigned with one of these codes: 309 or 861. As a result, placing a call in the Kramm 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 their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/