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Welcome to Sepo ...

Sepo is located in Fulton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sepo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Sepo is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Sepo: 309 & 861<3>

Communities Also Named Sepo ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Sepo - it's located in Kansas.

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

Communities near Sepo ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sepo ...

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

Adding Sepo to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sepo post office opened in 1880. The Sepo post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sepo.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Fulton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sepo - 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 309 code has been Overlayed with the 861 area code. New phone numbers in the Sepo area will be assigned with one of these codes: 309 or 861. As a result, placing a call in the Sepo 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/