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Welcome to Seehorn ...

Seehorn is located in Pike County<1>.

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

Seehorn is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Seehorn: 217 & 447<3>

Communities near Seehorn ...

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

  • Quincy
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Hannibal
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hannibal is located in Marion County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannibal
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,246 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hannibal <4>
  • Palmyra
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Palmyra is located in Marion County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,578 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palmyra <4>
  • Barry
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • New London
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Payson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Liberty
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hull
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • New Canton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • New Canton is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
  • Frankford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Seehorn ...

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

Adding Seehorn to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Seehorn post office opened in 1872. The Seehorn post office closed in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Seehorn.

Footnotes ...

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