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Welcome to Swansea ...The village of Swansea is located in Saint Clair County<1>. The location of Swansea has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> The pronunciation of Swansea: SWAHN-see-uh<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Swansea, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Swansea has a population of 13,353 people<4> (see below for details). Swansea is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: Swansea lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The area code for Swansea: (618) Websites for Swansea ...Official Website: www.swanseail.org/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Swansea had an population of 13,353 people. This is a decrease of 0.57% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 26.22% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Swansea had a population of 13,430 people. This makes Swansea the county's 6th most populous community. The population of Swansea represents 0.1% of the population of Illinois (which has 12,830,632 people), making it the state's 183rd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 13,430 people, the population of Swansea increased 26.95% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 10,579 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Swansea. Communities Also Named Swansea ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Swansea - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Kansas, Massachusetts, Nevada, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario and South Carolina. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Swansea. Communities near Swansea ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Swansea.
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 Swansea. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Swansea. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Swansea. 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 Swansea. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Swansea. See our Newspapers Page for Swansea. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Swansea ...Looking for more information about Swansea? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Swansea, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Swansea. Adding Swansea to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Swansea 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 Swansea was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Swansea on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Illinois (1956). For more details, see References and Mentions for Swansea. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Swansea: www.swanseail.org/ The official website for Saint Clair County: www.co.st-clair.il.us/ The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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