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Welcome to Poag ...

Poag is located in Madison County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Poag, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1889.

Poag is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Poag ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Poag ...

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

Adding Poag to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Poag post office opened in 1889.

We also found Poag in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Poag.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Madison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Poag - 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 their list with background information can be found at:

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