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Welcome to Zanesville ...

Zanesville is located in Montgomery County<1>.

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

Zanesville is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Zanesville: 217 & 447<3>

Communities Also Named Zanesville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Zanesville - they are located in Indiana and Ohio.

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

Communities near Zanesville ...

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

  • Litchfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Hillsboro
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
    • Hillsboro is located in Montgomery County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,909 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillsboro <4>
  • Carlinville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Auburn
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Virden
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Gillespie
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pawnee
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pawnee have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee
    • Pawnee is located in Sangamon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,646 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pawnee <4>
  • Nokomis
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Girard
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Olive
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Zanesville ...

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

Adding Zanesville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Zanesville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Zanesville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Zanesville post office opened in 1839.

We also found Zanesville in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Zanesville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Zanesville - 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 217 code has been Overlayed with the 447 area code. New phone numbers in the Zanesville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 217 or 447. As a result, placing a call in the Zanesville 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/