New Salem (historical) in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.9789, -89.8440
- Elevation
- 184 m above sea level
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1106 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
Find the present-moment local time in New Salem (historical), Illinois, United States, which uses America/Chicago (−6).
New Salem (historical), United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in New Salem (historical)
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in New Salem (historical), Illinois.
Sunrise 6:38 AM Solar noon 11:44 AM Sunset 4:51 PM Daylight 10 h 14 min Night 13 h 46 min Civil twilight 6:09 AM – 5:20 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.
Lewisburg and Lake Petersburg sit close to New Salem (historical) and run on the same clock.
New Salem (historical) works with 3 postal codes.
The zone covering New Salem (historical) is called America/Chicago and stands at UTC−6. Seasonal clock changes apply: No.
Sun-up in New Salem (historical) is 6:38 AM today and sun-down is 4:51 PM. That gap holds 10 h 14 min of daylight.