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Welcome to Torino ...

Torino is located in Will County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Torino, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Torino is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Torino ...

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

  • Bourbonnais
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Morris
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Channahon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Minooka
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Manhattan
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Braidwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Wilmington
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Wilmington is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,597 people
  • Coal City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Dwight
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Dwight is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dwight <3>
  • Diamond
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Torino ...

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

Adding Torino to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Torino 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 Torino was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Torino post office opened in 1906. The Torino post office closed in 1920.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Torino.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Will, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Torino - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/