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Welcome to Udina ...

Udina is located in Kane County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Udina, you might consider that their post office opened in 1839.

Udina is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Websites for Udina ...

Junior League:   www.jlkd.org/

Communities near Udina ...

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

  • Aurora
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Elgin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Schaumburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Palatine
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Wheaton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Hoffman Estates
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Bartlett
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Crystal Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Carol Stream
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Streamwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Udina ...

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

Adding Udina to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Udina post office opened in 1839. The Udina post office closed in 1896.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Udina.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Kane, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Udina - 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/