Welcome to Illinois Bend ...

Illinois Bend is located

Illinois Bend is primarily located in Montague County<1>. A portion of Illinois Bend extends into Cooke County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Illinois Bend, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

A typical abbreviation for Illinois Bend: Illinois Bnd.

Illinois Bend is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Illinois Bend: 940

Communities near Illinois Bend ...

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

• Nocona
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Nocona is located in Montague County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,016 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nocona <3>
  • Google driving directions:
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• Wilson
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Wilson is located in Carter County (OK)
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,707 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilson <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Wilson
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• Muenster
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Muenster is located in Cooke County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,664 people
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  • Google driving directions:
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• Saint Jo
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Saint Jo is located in Montague County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,032 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Jo <3>
• Leon
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Leon is located in Love County (OK)
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <3>
• Jimtown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jimtown is located in Love County (OK)
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  • Google driving directions:
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• Petersburg
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Petersburg is located in Jefferson County (OK)
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• Spanish Fort
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Spanish Fort is located in Montague County
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  • Google driving directions:
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• Orr
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Orr is located in Love County (OK)
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  • Google driving directions:
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• Bonita
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Bonita is located in Montague County
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  • Google driving directions:
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  • From Illinois Bend to Bonita

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Illinois Bend ...

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

Adding Illinois Bend to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Illinois Bend post office opened in 1877. The Illinois Bend post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Illinois Bend.