Welcome to Stringtown ...

Stringtown is located in Richland County<1>.

The location of Stringtown has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stringtown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1837.

Stringtown is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Stringtown (for example, toward Oaktown (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

The telephone area code for Stringtown: (618)

Communities Also Named Stringtown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 80 communities that are also named Stringtown - they are located in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Indiana (6), Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky (12), Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri (6), Montana (2), Ohio (14), Oklahoma (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (4), Tennessee (6), Texas (6), Virginia (3), Washington (2) and West Virginia (6).

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

Communities near Stringtown ...

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

• Olney
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney
  • Olney is located in Richland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,667 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olney <4>
• Robinson
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
  • Robinson is located in Crawford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,271 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Robinson <4>
• Lawrenceville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lawrenceville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
  • Lawrenceville is located in Lawrence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,380 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lawrenceville <4>
• Sumner
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sumner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner
  • Sumner is located in Lawrence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,961 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sumner <4>
• Newton
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
  • Newton is located in Jasper County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,818 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newton <4>
• Bridgeport
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
  • Bridgeport is located in Lawrence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,677 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgeport <4>
• Oblong
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oblong
  • Oblong is located in Crawford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,357 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oblong <4>
• Noble
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Noble have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
  • Noble is located in Richland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 643 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noble <4>
• Flat Rock
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
  • Flat Rock is located in Crawford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flat Rock <4>
• Sainte Marie
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sainte Marie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sainte Marie
  • Sainte Marie is located in Jasper County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sainte Marie <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stringtown ...

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

Adding Stringtown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Stringtown post office opened in 1837.

We also found Stringtown in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stringtown.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stringtown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov