Fandon, Illinois

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Fandon, Illinois
Middletown
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Fandon
Coordinates: 40°22′06″N90°45′41″W / 40.3684°N 90.7615°W / 40.3684; -90.7615
Country United States
State Illinois
County McDonough
Elevation
669 ft (204 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
62326 [1]
Area code 618
GNIS feature ID408266 [2]

Fandon is an unincorporated community in Chalmers Township, McDonough County, Illinois, United States. The community is also known as Middletown. The nearest city to Fandon is Colchester. Fandon does not have its own post office and is part of Colchester's ZIP code. Formerly, it had Zip Code 62335.

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History

Fandon was established in 1837 by Major John Patrick and James Edmonston. It was originally called Middletown because it was the central point between Beardstown and Burlington. [3] When citizens of McDonough County organized the Forgottonia secession movement in the 1970s, Fandon was named its capital. [4]

How the States Got Their Shapes (2011)

In 2011, The History Channel series How the States Got Their Shapes focused part of its second episode to the historic inequality given to the Illinois region known as Forgottonia which was a region that considered seceding from the rest of Illinois and establishing its capital at Fandon. [5]

Education

Fandon is part of the West Prairie Community Unit School District 103. Students attend elementary school at South Elementary and then Middle School which are both located in Colchester. Students then go on to attend West Prairie High School in Sciota.

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References

  1. "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 22, 2010. Retrieved December 1, 2008.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fandon, Illinois
  3. "McDonough County, Illinois, Chalmers Township, Middletown". Archived from the original on March 28, 2006. Retrieved December 22, 2008.
  4. McDonough County, Illinois - Infobahn Outfitters
  5. Remembering Forgottonia