Eastburn, Illinois

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Eastburn, Illinois
Unincorporated community
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Iroquois County's location in Illinois
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Eastburn
Eastburn's location in Iroquois County
Coordinates: 40°46′23″N87°38′08″W / 40.77306°N 87.63556°W / 40.77306; -87.63556 Coordinates: 40°46′23″N87°38′08″W / 40.77306°N 87.63556°W / 40.77306; -87.63556
Country United States
State Illinois
County Iroquois
Elevation 686 ft (209 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 815 & 779
GNIS feature ID 422654 [1]

Eastburn is an unincorporated community in Iroquois County, in the U.S. state of Illinois. [1]

Iroquois County, Illinois County in the United States

Iroquois County is a county located in the northeast part of the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 29,718. It is the only county in the United States to be named Iroquois, after the American Indian people. The county seat is Watseka. The county is located along the border with Indiana.

U.S. state constituent political entity of the United States

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are currently 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory and shares its sovereignty with the federal government. Due to this shared sovereignty, Americans are citizens both of the federal republic and of the state in which they reside. State citizenship and residency are flexible, and no government approval is required to move between states, except for persons restricted by certain types of court orders. Four states use the term commonwealth rather than state in their full official names.

Illinois State of the United States of America

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It has the 5th largest Gross Domestic Product by state, is the 6th-most populous U.S. state and 25th-largest state in terms of land area. Illinois is often noted as a microcosm of the entire United States. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in northern and central Illinois, and natural resources such as coal, timber, and petroleum in the south, Illinois has a diverse economic base, and is a major transportation hub. Chicagoland, Chicago's metropolitan area, contains over 65% of the state's population. The Port of Chicago connects the state to other global ports around the world from the Great Lakes, via the Saint Lawrence Seaway, to the Atlantic Ocean; as well as the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River, via the Illinois Waterway on the Illinois River. The Mississippi River, the Ohio River, and the Wabash River form parts of the boundaries of Illinois. For decades, Chicago's O'Hare International Airport has been ranked as one of the world's busiest airports. Illinois has long had a reputation as a bellwether both in social and cultural terms and, through the 1980s, in politics.

History

A post office was established at Eastburn in 1891, and remained in operation until 1901. [2] Allen M. Eastburn, the first postmaster, gave the community his name. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eastburn, Illinois
  2. "Iroquois County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  3. Callary, Edward (29 September 2008). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press. p. 103. ISBN   978-0-252-09070-7.