Welcome to Rantoul ...The city of Rantoul is located in Franklin County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Rantoul, you might consider that their post office opened in 1862. The origin (or the toponymy) of Rantoul: Named for Robert Rantoul. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Rantoul has a population of 187 people<2> (see below for details). Rantoul is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Rantoul lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Rantoul: 785 The ZIP code for Rantoul: 66079<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Rantoul had an population of 187 people. This is an increase of 1.63% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 22.41% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Rantoul had a population of 184 people. This makes Rantoul the county's 8th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 184 people, the population of Rantoul decreased 23.65% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 241 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Rantoul. Communities Also Named Rantoul ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Rantoul - it's located in Illinois. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rantoul. Communities near Rantoul ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rantoul.
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 Rantoul. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rantoul. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rantoul. 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 Rantoul. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rantoul. See our Newspapers Page for Rantoul. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rantoul ...Looking for more information about Rantoul? 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 Rantoul, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rantoul. Adding Rantoul to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rantoul 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 Rantoul was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Rantoul. Footnotes ...
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