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Welcome to Sangamon ...

Sangamon is located in Macon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sangamon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856.

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

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

Area Codes for Sangamon: 217 & 447<3>

Communities Also Named Sangamon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Illinois communities named Sangamon: This one is located in Macon County and the other is located in Sangamon County.

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

Communities near Sangamon ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sangamon ...

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

Adding Sangamon to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sangamon post office opened in 1856. The Sangamon post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sangamon.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Macon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sangamon - 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 217 code has been Overlayed with the 447 area code. New phone numbers in the Sangamon area will be assigned with one of these codes: 217 or 447. As a result, placing a call in the Sangamon 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/