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Welcome to Paderborn ...

Paderborn is located in Saint Clair County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Paderborn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Paderborn is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Paderborn: 618 & 730<3>

Communities near Paderborn ...

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

  • Belleville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • O'Fallon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • East Saint Louis
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Arnold
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Arnold is located in Jefferson County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,145 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arnold <4>
  • Fairview Heights
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Cahokia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cahokia is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahokia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,742 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cahokia <4>
  • Shiloh
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Shiloh is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,653 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shiloh <4>
  • Swansea
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Swansea is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansea
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,276 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swansea <4>
  • Columbia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Waterloo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Paderborn ...

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

Adding Paderborn to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Paderborn post office opened in 1882. The Paderborn post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Paderborn.

Footnotes ...

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