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Welcome to Rentchler ...

Rentchler is located in Saint Clair County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rentchler, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

Rentchler is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Rentchler: 618 & 730<3>

Communities near Rentchler ...

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

  • Saint Louis
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Belleville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • O'Fallon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • East Saint Louis
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Collinsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Fairview Heights
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Cahokia
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Cahokia is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahokia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,742 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cahokia <4>
  • Shiloh
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Shiloh is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,653 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shiloh <4>
  • Swansea
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Swansea is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansea
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,276 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swansea <4>
  • Glen Carbon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rentchler ...

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

Adding Rentchler to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rentchler 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 Rentchler was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Rentchler post office opened in 1872. The Rentchler post office closed in 1928.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rentchler.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Saint Clair, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rentchler - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 Rentchler area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Rentchler area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/