Burksville Station, Illinois

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Burksville Station, Illinois
Etymology: Railroad station for Burksville
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Burksville Station
Coordinates: 38°16′05″N90°07′06″W / 38.26806°N 90.11833°W / 38.26806; -90.11833
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
County Monroe
Precinct 8
Elevation
666 ft (203 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Postal code
62298
Area code 618

Burksville Station is an unincorporated community in the New Design Precinct of Monroe County, Illinois, United States. It grew up around a station on the St. Louis and Cairo Railroad. [1]

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References

  1. Combined History of Randolph, Monroe and Perry Counties, Illinois, J. L. McDonough & Co., Philadelphia, 1883