Darwin, Illinois

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Darwin, Illinois
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Darwin, Illinois
Coordinates: 39°17′00″N87°36′43″W / 39.28333°N 87.61194°W / 39.28333; -87.61194
Country United States
State Illinois
County Clark
Elevation
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466 ft (142 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 217
GNIS feature ID406956 [1]

Darwin is an unincorporated community in Darwin Township, Clark County, Illinois, United States. Darwin is located along the Wabash River across from the state of Indiana.

Darwin was originally called McClare's Bluff, and under the latter name had its start in the 1820s. [2] It became the county seat of Clark County in 1823, [3] :240 and the first Clark County Courthouse was built there in 1827. Local government remained in Darwin until relocating to Marshall following an 1837 referendum. [3] :245

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Darwin, Illinois
  2. Callary, Edward (29 September 2008). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press. p. 88. ISBN   978-0-252-09070-7.
  3. 1 2 Perrin, William Henry. History of Crawford and Clark counties, Illinois. Chicago: O.L. Baskin, 1883.