Carthage in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.4164, -91.1363
- Elevation
- 204 m above sea level
- Population
- 2 545
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1218 km away
- Same name
- 19 more places in the world share this name
Right now in Carthage, Illinois, United States the local time is the one shown here, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Carthage, United States
Saturday, 14 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Carthage
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Carthage keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
Sunrise 6:51 AM Solar noon 11:50 AM Sunset 4:50 PM Daylight 9 h 59 min Night 14 h 01 min Civil twilight 6:22 AM – 5:19 PM
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Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
The zone that governs Carthage is America/Chicago at UTC−6. Whether the clocks move seasonally: No.
First light in Carthage comes at 6:51 AM today; darkness returns after 4:50 PM. The day gives 9 h 59 min of light.
Carthage and its neighbours Hancock County and Ferris keep one clock.
The number of postal codes covering Carthage is 10.