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Welcome to Midland City ...

Midland City is located in De Witt County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Midland City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

Midland City is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Midland City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Midland City - they are located in Alabama, Arizona and Ohio.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Midland City.

Communities near Midland City ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Midland City ...

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

Adding Midland City to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Midland City 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 Midland City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Midland City post office opened in 1875. The Midland City post office closed in 1936.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Midland City.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including De Witt, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Midland City - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/