Lake Fork, Illinois
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Coordinates: 39°58′14″N 89°21′00″W / 39.97056°N 89.35000°W / 39.97056; -89.35000 | |
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]
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Area code | 217 |
GNIS feature ID | 411713[1] |
Lake Fork is an unincorporated communityinLogan 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]
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Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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39°58′14″N 89°21′00″W / 39.97056°N 89.35000°W / 39.97056; -89.35000
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