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Welcome to Straut ...

Straut is located in Pike County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Straut, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

Straut is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Straut: 217 & 447<3>

Communities near Straut ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Straut ...

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

Adding Straut to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Straut post office opened in 1876. The Straut post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Straut.

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 Straut - 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 Straut area will be assigned with one of these codes: 217 or 447. As a result, placing a call in the Straut 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/