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Welcome to West Hallock ...

West Hallock is located in Peoria County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Hallock, you might consider that their post office opened in 1864.

A typical abbreviation for West Hallock: W. Hallock

West Hallock is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for West Hallock: 309 & 861<3>

Communities near West Hallock ...

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

  • Peoria
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • East Peoria
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • East Peoria is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Peoria
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,344 people
    • Former name for East Peoria:
    • Hilton
  • Washington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Bartonville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Chillicothe
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Peoria Heights
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Creve Coeur
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Creve Coeur is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creve Coeur
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,109 people
    • Former name for Creve Coeur:
    • Wesley City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Creve Coeur <4>
  • West Peoria
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Metamora
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Germantown Hills
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Hallock ...

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

Adding West Hallock to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the West Hallock post office opened in 1864. The West Hallock post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for West Hallock.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Peoria, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Hallock - 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 West Hallock area will be assigned with one of these codes: 309 or 861. As a result, placing a call in the West Hallock 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>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/