Harness, Illinois

Harness, Illinois
Unincorporated community
Harness, Illinois
Coordinates: 40°14′51″N 89°35′30″W / 40.24750°N 89.59167°W / 40.24750; -89.59167Coordinates: 40°14′51″N 89°35′30″W / 40.24750°N 89.59167°W / 40.24750; -89.59167
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Logan
Elevation	561 ft (171 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	217
GNIS feature ID	422773^[1]

Harness is an unincorporated community in Logan County, Illinois, United States. Harness is located west of Hartsburg and south of San Jose.

History

Harness was laid out in 1900 by Daniel R. Harness, and named for him.^[2]

References

↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
↑ Stringer, Lawrence Beaumont (1911). History of Logan County, Illinois: A Record of Its Settlement, Organization, Progress, and Achievement. Unigraphic. p. 634.

Municipalities and communities of Logan County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Lincoln

Cities	Atlanta Lincoln Mount Pulaski

Villages	Broadwell Elkhart Emden Hartsburg Latham Middletown New Holland San Jose‡

Townships	Aetna Atlanta Broadwell Chester Corwin East Lincoln Elkhart Eminence Hurlbut Laenna Lake Fork Mount Pulaski Oran Orvil Prairie Creek Sheridan West Lincoln

CDPs	Beason Chestnut Cornland

Other unincorporated communities	Bakerville Bell Burtonview Chestervale Croft‡ Evans Fogarty Harness Lake Fork Lawndale Lucas Mount Fulcher Mountjoy Narita Skelton Union

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

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