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Welcome to Truro ...

Truro is located in Knox County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Truro, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1850.

Truro is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Truro: 309 & 861<3>

Communities Also Named Truro ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Truro - they are located in Colorado, Iowa, Massachusetts, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio and Virginia.

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

Communities near Truro ...

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

  • Galesburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Knoxville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Galva
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Farmington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Elmwood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Princeville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Princeville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeville
    • Princeville is located in Peoria County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,663 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Princeville <4>
  • Wyoming
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Toulon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toulon have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
    • Toulon is located in Stark County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,144 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Toulon <4>
  • Brimfield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Wataga
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Truro ...

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

Adding Truro to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Truro 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 Truro was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Truro post office opened in 1850.

We also found Truro in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Truro.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Knox, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Truro - 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 309 code has been Overlayed with the 861 area code. New phone numbers in the Truro area will be assigned with one of these codes: 309 or 861. As a result, placing a call in the Truro 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/