Lake Fork, Illinois
Lake Fork, Illinois | |
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Lake Fork Location in Illinois Lake Fork Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 39°58′14″N 89°21′00″W / 39.97056°N 89.35000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Logan |
| Township | Mount Pulaski |
| Elevation | 600 ft (200 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Postal code | 62541 [1] |
| Area code | 217 |
| GNIS feature ID | 411713[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.
External links
39°58′14″N 89°21′00″W / 39.97056°N 89.35000°W