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Welcome to Piopolis ...

Piopolis is located in Hamilton County<1>.

The pronunciation of Piopolis: PEYE-ah-pluhs<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Piopolis, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

Piopolis is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Piopolis: 618 & 730<4>

Communities Also Named Piopolis ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Piopolis - it's located in Quebec.

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

Communities near Piopolis ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Piopolis ...

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

Adding Piopolis to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Piopolis 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 Piopolis was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Piopolis post office opened in 1877. The Piopolis post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Piopolis.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Hamilton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Piopolis. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Piopolis - 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 Piopolis area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Piopolis 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.
<6>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/