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Welcome to Ledford ...

Ledford is located in Saline County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ledford, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Ledford is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Ledford: 618 & 730<3>

Communities Also Named Ledford ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Ledford - they are located in Kentucky and North Carolina.

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

Communities near Ledford ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ledford ...

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

Adding Ledford to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ledford post office opened in 1880. The Ledford post office closed in 1931.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ledford.

Footnotes ...

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