Welcome to Maxwell ...So far, we found very little information about Maxwell. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Maxwell to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Maxwell, please Contact Us. Maxwell would have been located within present day Sangamon County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Maxwell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891. While the community is gone, the present day location for Maxwell is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Maxwell was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Codes where Maxwell was located: 217 & 447<4> Communities Also Named Maxwell ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Illinois communities named Maxwell: This one is located in Sangamon County and the other is located in Peoria County. Beyond Illinois, there are 33 communities that are also named Maxwell - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia (2), Indiana (2), Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (2), Oklahoma, Ontario (2), Oregon (2), Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee (2), Texas (2), Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Maxwell. Communities near Maxwell ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Maxwell.
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 Maxwell. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Maxwell. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Maxwell. 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 Maxwell. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Maxwell. See our Newspapers Page for Maxwell. Adding Maxwell to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Maxwell 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 Maxwell was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Maxwell. Footnotes ...
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