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Welcome to Stokes ...

Stokes is located in White County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stokes, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Stokes is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Stokes: 618 & 730<3>

Communities Also Named Stokes ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Stokes - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi (2), New York, North Carolina (3), Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina (4), Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Stokes ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stokes ...

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

Adding Stokes to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Stokes in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Stokes was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Stokes post office opened in 1883. The Stokes post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stokes.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including White, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Stokes - 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 618 code has been Overlayed with the 730 area code. New phone numbers in the Stokes area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Stokes 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/