Welcome to Mount Carmel ...The city of Mount Carmel is located in Wabash County<1> and is the County Seat for Wabash County. The pronunciation of Mount Carmel: KAHR-mel<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Mount Carmel, you might consider that their post office opened in 1819. A typical abbreviation for Mount Carmel: Mt. Carmel From the Census Estimates for 2019, Mount Carmel has a population of 6,909 people<3> (see below for details). Mount Carmel is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Mount Carmel lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Mount Carmel (for example, toward Petersburg (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Area Codes for Mount Carmel: 618 & 730<5> The ZIP code for Mount Carmel: 62863<6> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Mount Carmel had an population of 6,909 people. This is a decrease of 5.15% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 13.44% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Mount Carmel had a population of 7,284 people (which is 61.13% of the total population of Wabash County). This makes Mount Carmel the county's most populous community. The population of Mount Carmel represents 0.06% of the population of Illinois (which has 12,830,632 people), making it the state's 274th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 7,284 people, the population of Mount Carmel decreased 8.74% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 7,982 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Mount Carmel. Communities Also Named Mount Carmel ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 57 communities that are also named Mount Carmel - they are located in Alabama (5), Arkansas (2), Connecticut, Florida (2), Georgia (2), Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maryland (4), Mississippi (2), Missouri, New York (2), Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Ohio (3), Ontario (6), Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, Tennessee (7), Texas (2), Utah, Virginia (2) and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mount Carmel. Communities near Mount Carmel ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mount Carmel.
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 Mount Carmel. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mount Carmel. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mount Carmel. 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 Mount Carmel. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Carmel. Our list includes 19 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Mount Carmel. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mount Carmel ...Looking for more information about Mount Carmel? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Mount Carmel, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Mount Carmel. Adding Mount Carmel to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Mount Carmel 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 Mount Carmel was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> For more details, see References and Mentions for Mount Carmel. Footnotes ...
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