Lake Fork, Illinois

Lake Fork is an unincorporated community in Logan County, Illinois along Illinois Route 54.

Lake Fork, Illinois
Lake Fork
Location in Illinois
Lake Fork
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 39°58′14″N 89°21′00″W
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyLogan
TownshipMount Pulaski
Elevation
596 ft (182 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Postal code
62541
Area code(s)217

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

  1. Stringer, Lawrence Beaumont (1911). History of Logan County, Illinois: A Record of Its Settlement, Organization, Progress, and Achievement. Unigraphic. p. 633.
  2. "Logan County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 16 January 2016.


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