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Welcome to Limerick ...

Limerick is located in Bureau County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Limerick, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857.

Limerick is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Limerick ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Limerick - they are located in Georgia, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, New Brunswick, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Limerick ...

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

  • Princeton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Mendota
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Spring Valley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Amboy
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • De Pue
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • De Pue is located in Bureau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Pue
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,665 people
  • Walnut
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ladd
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Wyanet
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sheffield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Tiskilwa
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Limerick ...

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

Adding Limerick to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Limerick post office opened in 1857. The Limerick post office closed in 1892.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Limerick.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Bureau, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Limerick - 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/