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Welcome to Pike ...

Pike is located in Pike County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pike, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

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

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

Area Codes for Pike: 217 & 447<3>

Communities Also Named Pike ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Pike - they are located in British Columbia, California, Georgia (2), Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pike.

Communities near Pike ...

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

  • Bowling Green
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pittsfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Barry
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Eolia
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Eolia is located in Pike County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eolia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eolia <4>
  • Clarksville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hull
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • New Canton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • New Canton is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
  • Nebo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Frankford
    (15 miles [24.1 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 Pike. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pike.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pike ...

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

Adding Pike to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pike post office opened in 1881. The Pike post office closed in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pike.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Pike, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pike - 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 217 code has been Overlayed with the 447 area code. New phone numbers in the Pike area will be assigned with one of these codes: 217 or 447. As a result, placing a call in the Pike 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/