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ELK HART CITY A thriving post village of Logan county, on the line of the St. Louis, Alton and Chicago railroad, 170 miles from Chicago and 115 miles from St. Louis. This place is rapidly advancing in wealth and population, being situated in a highly fertile district, and having direct access to the two great commercial cities of the west. W. Rankin, Postmaster. (Hawes' Illinois State Gazetteer..., 1859)
Total Population 1860
118
Latitude
40.012326
Longitude
-89.476113
Type
City or Town
County
Logan
State
Illinois