Lake Fork, Illinois
| Lake Fork | |
| Unincorporated community | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | Illinois |
| County | Logan |
| Elevation | 596 ft (182 m) |
| Coordinates | 39°58′14″N 89°21′00″W / 39.97056°N 89.35000°W |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Postal code | 62541 |
| Area code | 217 |
   Location of Lake Fork within Illinois
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| Wikimedia Commons: Lake Fork, Illinois | |
| Website: none | |
Lake Fork is an unincorporated community in Logan County, Illinois along Illinois Route 54.
History
Lake Fork was laid out in 1881.[1] 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.[2]
References
- ↑ 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 16 January 2016.
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Coordinates: 39°58′14″N 89°21′00″W / 39.97056°N 89.35000°W
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