Castle Fin, Illinois

Castle Fin, Illinois
Unincorporated community
Castle Fin, Illinois
Coordinates: 39°28′12″N 87°44′00″W / 39.47000°N 87.73333°W / 39.47000; -87.73333Coordinates: 39°28′12″N 87°44′00″W / 39.47000°N 87.73333°W / 39.47000; -87.73333
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Clark
Elevation	630 ft (190 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	217
GNIS feature ID	422534^[1]

Castle Fin is an unincorporated community in Clark County, Illinois, United States. Castle Fin is 7 miles (11 km) north-northwest of Marshall. The community was founded by Robert Wilson and platted in 1848. Wilson named Castle Fin after his hometown of Castle Finn in County Donegal, Ireland.^[2]

References

↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
↑ Genealogy Trails - Castle Fin, Clark County, Illinois

Municipalities and communities of Clark County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Marshall

Cities	Casey‡ Marshall Martinsville

Town	Westfield

Townships	Anderson Auburn Casey Darwin Dolson Douglas Johnson Marshall Martinsville Melrose Orange Parker Wabash Westfield York

CDP	West Union

Unincorporated communities	Adenmoor Allright Castle Fin Choctaw Clark Center Clarksville Cleone Darwin Dennison Doyles Ernst Farrington Golf Lakes Hogue Town Livingston McKeen Melrose Moonshine Moriah Neadmore Oak Point Oakcrest Oilfield Orange Patton‡ Snyder Walnut Prairie Weaver Weir York

Ghost town	Griffin

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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