Lake Fork, Illinois | |
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Coordinates: 39°58′14″N 89°21′00″W / 39.97056°N 89.35000°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Illinois |
County | Logan |
Township | Mount Pulaski |
Elevation | 600 ft (200 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( CST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 ( CDT) |
Postal code | 62541
[1] |
Area code | 217 |
GNIS feature ID | 411713 [1] |
Lake Fork is an unincorporated community in Logan County, Illinois along Illinois Route 54.
Lake Fork was laid out in 1881. [2] 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. [3]
39°58′14″N 89°21′00″W / 39.97056°N 89.35000°W
Lake Fork, Illinois | |
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Coordinates: 39°58′14″N 89°21′00″W / 39.97056°N 89.35000°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Illinois |
County | Logan |
Township | Mount Pulaski |
Elevation | 600 ft (200 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( CST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 ( CDT) |
Postal code | 62541
[1] |
Area code | 217 |
GNIS feature ID | 411713 [1] |
Lake Fork is an unincorporated community in Logan County, Illinois along Illinois Route 54.
Lake Fork was laid out in 1881. [2] 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. [3]
39°58′14″N 89°21′00″W / 39.97056°N 89.35000°W