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Welcome to Pistakee ...

Pistakee is located in McHenry County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pistakee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Pistakee is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Pistakee ...

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

  • Waukegan
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Crystal Lake
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Mundelein
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Algonquin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Gurnee
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • North Chicago
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • North Chicago is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chicago
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,639 people
  • Lake-in-the-Hills
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • McHenry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Round Lake Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Vernon Hills
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pistakee ...

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

Adding Pistakee to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pistakee 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 Pistakee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Pistakee post office opened in 1899. The Pistakee post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pistakee.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including McHenry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pistakee - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/