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Welcome to Lehigh ...

Lehigh is located in Kankakee County<1>.

Lehigh is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Lehigh (for example, toward Medaryville (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Lehigh: 815 & 779<3>

Communities Also Named Lehigh ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Lehigh - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, New York, North Dakota (2), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Websites for Lehigh ...

Junior League:   www.jlkankakee.org/

Communities near Lehigh ...

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

  • Kankakee
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Bourbonnais
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Bradley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Manteno
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Braidwood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Wilmington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Wilmington is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,597 people
  • Coal City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Peotone
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Momence
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Diamond
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lehigh ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Kankakee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lehigh - 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 815 code has been Overlayed with the 779 area code. New phone numbers in the Lehigh area will be assigned with one of these codes: 815 or 779. As a result, placing a call in the Lehigh 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.