Poverty Ridge, Illinois
Poverty Ridge is an unincorporated community in Fulton County, Illinois, United States, about eleven miles northwest of Lewistown. Its elevation is 633 feet (202 m), and it is located at 40°27′43″N 90°20′27″W / 40.46194°N 90.34083°W (40.4619856, -90.3409579). The community is named for a line of hills near Seville, which likewise is named Poverty Ridge.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Poverty Ridge, Illinois
- ^ Callary, Edward. Place Names of Illinois. Urbana: U of Illinois P, 2008, 285.
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