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Welcome to Scovel ...

Scovel is located in Livingston County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Scovel, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

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

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

Note: If you leave Scovel and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Scovel: 815 & 779<3>

Communities near Scovel ...

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

  • Pontiac
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Pontiac is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,176 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pontiac <4>
  • Dwight
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Dwight is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dwight <4>
  • Fairbury
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Herscher
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Gardner
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Forrest
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Chatsworth
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Odell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Odell is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 957 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Odell <4>
  • Piper City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • South Wilmington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • South Wilmington is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wilmington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 637 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Scovel ...

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

Adding Scovel to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Scovel post office opened in 1886. The Scovel post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Scovel.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Livingston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Scovel - 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 815 code has been Overlayed with the 779 area code. New phone numbers in the Scovel area will be assigned with one of these codes: 815 or 779. As a result, placing a call in the Scovel 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/