Welcome to Truesdell ...

Truesdell is located in Kenosha County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Truesdell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

Truesdell is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Truesdell: 262

Communities Also Named Truesdell ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Truesdell - it's located in Kansas.

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

Communities near Truesdell ...

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

• Kenosha
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Kenosha is located in Kenosha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenosha
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 99,570 people
• Waukegan
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Waukegan is located in Lake County (IL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukegan
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,453 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waukegan <3>
• Racine
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Racine is located in Racine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 76,237 people
• Gurnee
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Gurnee is located in Lake County (IL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurnee
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,168 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gurnee <3>
• North Chicago
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • North Chicago is located in Lake County (IL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chicago
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,639 people
• Mount Pleasant
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Racine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,048 people
• Round Lake Beach
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Round Lake Beach is located in Lake County (IL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Lake Beach
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,919 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Round Lake Beach <3>
• Caledonia
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Caledonia is located in Racine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,235 people
• Zion
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Zion is located in Lake County (IL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,321 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zion <3>
• Pleasant Prairie
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Prairie is located in Kenosha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,373 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Truesdell ...

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

Adding Truesdell to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Truesdell post office opened in 1876. The Truesdell post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Truesdell.