Fishhook, Illinois

Fishhook
Unincorporated community
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Pike

Coordinates	39°48′20″N 90°53′07″W / 39.80556°N 90.88528°W / 39.80556; -90.88528Coordinates: 39°48′20″N 90°53′07″W / 39.80556°N 90.88528°W / 39.80556; -90.88528

Timezone	CST (UTC-6)
- summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	62314
Area code	217

Location of Fishhook within Illinois
Location of Illinois in the United States

Fishhook is an unincorporated community in Pike County, Illinois, United States.

Fishhook is where Robert Earl Hughes, once billed the world's largest man by the Guinness Book of World Records, grew up. The town has a small monument to him in its business district.

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Municipalities and communities of Pike County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Pittsfield

Cities	Barry Griggsville Pittsfield

Town	New Canton

Villages	Baylis Detroit El Dara Florence Hull Kinderhook Milton Nebo New Salem Pearl Perry Pleasant Hill Time Valley City

Townships	Atlas Barry Chambersburg Cincinnati Derry Detroit Fairmount Flint Griggsville Hadley Hardin Kinderhook Levee Martinsburg Montezuma New Salem Newburg Pearl Perry Pittsfield Pleasant Hill Pleasant Vale Ross Spring Creek

Unincorporated communities	Atlas Chambersburg East Hannibal Fishhook Maysville Pike Rockport Seehorn Straut Summer Hill

Ghost towns	Dutton Griggsville Landing

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