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Welcome to Morea ...

Morea is located in Crawford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Morea, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

Morea is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Morea (for example, toward Carlisle (IN)), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Morea: 618 & 730<3>

Communities Also Named Morea ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Morea - it's located in Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Morea ...

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

  • Vincennes
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Robinson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Lawrenceville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Sullivan
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Sullivan is located in Sullivan County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,089 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sullivan <4>
  • Sumner
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Bridgeport
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Oblong
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Palestine
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Carlisle
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Oaktown
    (10 miles [16.1 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 Morea. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Morea.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Morea ...

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

Adding Morea to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Morea post office opened in 1873. The Morea post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Morea.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Crawford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Morea - 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 618 code has been Overlayed with the 730 area code. New phone numbers in the Morea area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Morea 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/