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Welcome to Longview Place ...

Longview Place is located in Macon County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Longview Place: Longview Pl. (or less commonly used: Longview Plc.)

Longview Place is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Longview Place: 217 & 447<3>

Communities near Longview Place ...

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

  • Mount Zion
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Forsyth
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Maroa
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Moweaqua
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Cerro Gordo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Harristown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Long Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Long Creek is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Creek
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,262 people
  • Bethany
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Warrensburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Macon
    (10 miles [16.1 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 Longview Place. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Longview Place.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Longview Place ...

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

Footnotes ...

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