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Welcome to Spillertown ...

The village of Spillertown is located in Williamson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spillertown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Spillertown has a population of 198 people<2> (see below for details).

Spillertown is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Spillertown: 618 & 730<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Spillertown had an population of 198 people. This is a decrease of 2.46% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 10% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Spillertown had a population of 203 people. This makes Spillertown the county's 14th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 203 people, the population of Spillertown decreased 7.73% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 220 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Spillertown.

Communities near Spillertown ...

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

  • Carbondale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Herrin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Herrin is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,625 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Herrin <5>
  • West Frankfort
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • West Frankfort is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Frankfort
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,733 people
  • Benton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Carterville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Christopher
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Zeigler
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cambria
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Carrier Mills
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Carrier Mills is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrier Mills
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,527 people
    • Former names for Carrier Mills:
    • Carriers Mills
    • Morrilsville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carrier Mills <5>
  • De Soto
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spillertown ...

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

Adding Spillertown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Spillertown 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 Spillertown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Spillertown post office opened in 1898. The Spillertown post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spillertown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Williamson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Spillertown.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spillertown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Spillertown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Spillertown area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/