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Welcome to Pitcherville ...

So far, we found very little information about Pitcherville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Pitcherville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pitcherville, please Contact Us.


Pitcherville would have been located within present day Jo Daviess County<2>.


The location of Pitcherville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Pitcherville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1868.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Pitcherville is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Pitcherville was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Pitcherville would have been located in the (815) and (779)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Pitcherville ...

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

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

Communities near Pitcherville ...

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

  • Freeport
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
    • Freeport is located in Stephenson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,447 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freeport <6>
  • Lena
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
    • Lena is located in Stephenson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,680 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lena <6>
  • Mount Carroll
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Warren
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warren have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
    • Warren is located in Jo Daviess County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,300 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warren <6>
  • Shullsburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shullsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
    • Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County (WI)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
  • Pearl City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hanover
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hanover have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
    • Hanover is located in Jo Daviess County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hanover <6>
  • Orangeville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Elizabeth
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabeth have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
    • Elizabeth is located in Jo Daviess County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 722 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elizabeth <6>
  • Shannon
    (19 miles [30.6 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 Pitcherville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pitcherville.

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

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

Adding Pitcherville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pitcherville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Pitcherville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Pitcherville post office opened in 1868.

We also found Pitcherville on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1870.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pitcherville.

The official website for Jo Daviess County: www.jodaviess.org/

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

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 Pitcherville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Jo Daviess, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pitcherville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (779) is an overlay for area code (815).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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