Lake Fork, Illinois
Lake Fork is an unincorporated community in Logan County, Illinois along Illinois Route 54.
History
Lake Fork was laid out in 1881. 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.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Fork, Illinois
- ^ 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 January 16, 2016.
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39°58′14″N 89°21′00″W / 39.97056°N 89.35000°W
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