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Welcome to Little Indian ...

Little Indian is located in Cass County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Little Indian, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.

Little Indian is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Little Indian: 217 & 447<3>

Communities near Little Indian ...

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

  • Jacksonville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Beardstown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • South Jacksonville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • South Jacksonville is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Jacksonville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,075 people
  • Virginia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • New Berlin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Ashland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Meredosia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Pleasant Plains
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Chandlerville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Woodson
    (17 miles [27.4 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 Little Indian. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Little Indian.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Little Indian ...

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

Adding Little Indian to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Little Indian 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 Little Indian was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Little Indian.

Footnotes ...

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