Lake Fork, Illinois
Unincorporated community in Illinois, United States
39°58′14″N 89°21′00″W / 39.97056°N 89.35000°W / 39.97056; -89.3500062541 [1]
Lake Fork is an unincorporated community in Logan County, Illinois along Illinois Route 54.
History
Lake Fork was laid out in 1881.[2] The community is named after Buffalo Lake, a now-vanished prairie wetland in southern Logan County on the upper reaches of the Lake Fork of Salt Creek. A post office called Lake Fork has been in operation since 1881.[3]
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Fork, Illinois
- ^ Stringer, Lawrence Beaumont (1911). History of Logan County, Illinois: A Record of Its Settlement, Organization, Progress, and Achievement. Unigraphic. p. 633.
- ^ "Logan County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
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Municipalities and communities of Logan County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Lincoln
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- Elkhart
- Emden
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- New Holland
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39°58′14″N 89°21′00″W / 39.97056°N 89.35000°W / 39.97056; -89.35000
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