Welcome to Philo ...The village of Philo is located in Champaign County<1>. The pronunciation of Philo: FEYE-loh<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Philo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Philo has a population of 1,399 people<3> (see below for details). Philo is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Philo lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Philo (for example, toward Cayuga (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Area Codes for Philo: 217 & 447<5> The ZIP code for Philo: 61864<6> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Philo had an population of 1,399 people. This is a decrease of 4.57% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 6.47% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Philo had a population of 1,466 people. This makes Philo the county's 9th most populous community. The population of Philo represents 0.01% of the total population of Illinois (which has 12,830,632 people), making it the state's 560th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 1,466 people, the population of Philo increased 11.57% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,314 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Philo. Communities Also Named Philo ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Philo - they are located in California, Maryland and Ohio. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Philo. Communities near Philo ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Philo.
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 Philo. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Philo. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Philo. 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 Philo. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Philo. See our Newspapers Page for Philo. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Philo ...Looking for more information about Philo? 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 Philo, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Philo. Adding Philo to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Philo 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 Philo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> For more details, see References and Mentions for Philo. Footnotes ...
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