Welcome to Piankashawtown ...
So far, we found very little information about Piankashawtown. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Piankashawtown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Piankashawtown, please Contact Us.
Piankashawtown would have been located within present day Edwards County<2>.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Piankashawtown is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Piankashawtown was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you travel east from Piankashawtown (for example, toward Decker (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).
The Area Codes where Piankashawtown was located: 618 & 730<4>
Communities near Piankashawtown ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Piankashawtown.
- Mount Carmel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fairfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Albion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grayville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Salem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Salem is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Crossville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cisne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Noble
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Jeffersonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Jeffersonville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 350 people
- Bellmont
(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 Piankashawtown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Piankashawtown.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Piankashawtown. 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 Piankashawtown.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Piankashawtown. See our Newspapers Page for Piankashawtown.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Piankashawtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Edwards, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Piankashawtown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 Piankashawtown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Piankashawtown area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |