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Welcome to Mannon ...

Mannon is located in Mercer County<1>.

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

Mannon is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Mannon: 309 & 861<3>

Communities near Mannon ...

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

  • Muscatine
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Aledo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Wapello
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Mediapolis
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Buffalo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Buffalo is located in Scott County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,257 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo <4>
  • Andalusia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Fruitland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Viola
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Morning Sun
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Matherville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mannon ...

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

Adding Mannon to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mannon post office opened in 1883. The Mannon post office closed in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mannon.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Mercer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mannon - 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 309 code has been Overlayed with the 861 area code. New phone numbers in the Mannon area will be assigned with one of these codes: 309 or 861. As a result, placing a call in the Mannon 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/