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Welcome to Pierceburg ...

Pierceburg is located in Crawford County<1>.

Pierceburg is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Pierceburg: 618 & 730<3>

Communities near Pierceburg ...

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

  • Olney
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Olney is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,667 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olney <4>
  • Robinson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Lawrenceville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Sumner
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Newton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Bridgeport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Oblong
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Palestine
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Hutsonville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Flat Rock
    (12 miles [19.3 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 Pierceburg. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pierceburg.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pierceburg ...

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

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 Pierceburg - 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 Pierceburg area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Pierceburg 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.