Charleston, IL

CHARLESTON, p. t., Coles co., Ill., 78 ms. E. by S. of Springfield; from W. 707 ms. Pop. 2,262. (Fanning's, 1853)

CHARLESTOWN   A post village, in a township of the same name, capital of Coles county, on the border of Grand Prairie near Embarrass river, 81 miles east by south from Springfield. The Terre Haute and Alton railroad passes through the place. Jacob J. Brown, Postmaster. (Hawes' Illinois State Gazetteer...,1859)