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Welcome to Lementon ...

Lementon is located in Saint Clair County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lementon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

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

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

Area Codes for Lementon: 618 & 730<3>

Communities near Lementon ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lementon ...

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

Adding Lementon to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lementon post office opened in 1871. The Lementon post office closed in 1876.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lementon.

Footnotes ...

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