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Welcome to Pleak ...

Pleak is located in Shelby County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pleak, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Pleak is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Pleak ...

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

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

Communities near Pleak ...

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

  • Decatur
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Taylorville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Mount Zion
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Pana
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pana is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pana
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,327 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pana <3>
  • Shelbyville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Sullivan
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Moweaqua
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Harristown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Long Creek
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Long Creek is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Creek
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,262 people
  • Bethany
    (11 miles [17.7 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 Pleak. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pleak.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pleak ...

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

Adding Pleak to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pleak post office opened in 1895. The Pleak post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pleak.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Shelby, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pleak - 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/