Beaver Creek, Illinois

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Beaver Creek, Illinois
Unincorporated community
Nickname: 
Wisetown
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Beaver Creek, Illinois
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Beaver Creek, Illinois
Coordinates: 38°46′03″N89°23′37″W / 38.76750°N 89.39361°W / 38.76750; -89.39361
Country United States
State Illinois
County Bond
Elevation
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505 ft (154 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 618
GNIS feature ID =404057 [1]

Beaver Creek, also known as Wisetown, is an unincorporated community in southern Bond County, Illinois, United States. [1] Beaver Creek is located just south of Illinois Route 143 in Mills Township. Beaver Creek flows past one half mile west of the community. [2] The community is home to the Wisetown Baptist Church and the Wisetown Cemetery lies to the southwest along Beaver Creek. Greenville lies ten miles to the north and Carlyle is about 13 miles to the south along Illinois Route 127. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beaver Creek, Illinois
  2. ↑ Beaver Creek, IL., 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1974 (1977 rev.)
  3. ↑ Illinois Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 6th ed., 2010, p.77 ISBN   9780899333212


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