Welcome to Lintner ...

Lintner is located in Piatt County<1>.

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

Lintner is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lintner: 217 & 447<3>

Communities near Lintner ...

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

Decatur
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Decatur is located in Macon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 70,007 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Decatur
- From Lintner to Decatur
Mount Zion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Zion is located in Macon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,762 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Zion <4>
Monticello
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Monticello is located in Piatt County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,557 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monticello <4>
Sullivan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sullivan is located in Moultrie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,400 people
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- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Sullivan
- From Lintner to Sullivan
Forsyth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Forsyth is located in Macon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,465 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forsyth <4>
Arthur
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Arthur is located in Douglas County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,192 people
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- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Arthur
- From Lintner to Arthur
Bement
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bement is located in Piatt County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,661 people
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Cerro Gordo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cerro Gordo is located in Piatt County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,337 people
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- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Cerro Gordo
- From Lintner to Cerro Gordo
Long Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Long Creek is located in Macon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,262 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Long Creek
- From Lintner to Long Creek
Bethany
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bethany is located in Moultrie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,210 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bethany <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 Lintner. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lintner.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lintner ...

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

Adding Lintner to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lintner post office opened in 1883. The Lintner post office closed in 1931.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lintner.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Piatt, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lintner - 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 217 code has been Overlayed with the 447 area code. New phone numbers in the Lintner area will be assigned with one of these codes: 217 or 447. As a result, placing a call in the Lintner 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/