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Welcome to Biggsville ...The village of Biggsville is located in Henderson County<1>. The location of Biggsville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> The pronunciation of Biggsville: BIGS-vil<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Biggsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Biggsville has a population of 280 people<4> (see below for details). Biggsville is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: Biggsville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The area code for Biggsville: (309) The ZIP code for Biggsville: 61418<6> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Biggsville had an population of 280 people. This is a decrease of 7.89% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 18.37% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Biggsville had a population of 304 people. This makes Biggsville the county's 4th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 304 people, the population of Biggsville decreased 11.37% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 343 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Biggsville. Communities near Biggsville ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Biggsville.
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 Biggsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Biggsville. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Biggsville. 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 Biggsville. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Biggsville. See our Newspapers Page for Biggsville. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Biggsville ...Looking for more information about Biggsville? 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 Biggsville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Biggsville. Adding Biggsville to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Biggsville 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 for Biggsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Biggsville on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1870. For more details, see References and Mentions for Biggsville. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Biggsville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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