Holder, Illinois | |
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  Holder Location of Holder within Illinois  Holder Holder (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°27′04″N88°48′15″W / 40.45111°N 88.80417°W Coordinates: 40°27′04″N88°48′15″W / 40.45111°N 88.80417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | McLean County |
| Township | Old Town Township |
| Elevation | 840 ft (260 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 309 |
Holder is an unincorporated community in Old Town Township, McLean County, Illinois.
Holder is located at 40°27′4″N88°48′15″W / 40.45111°N 88.80417°W (40.4511462, -88.8042368), and is located east of Bloomington.
Holder was laid out 7 December 1871 by Charles W. Holder. Holder was a Bloomington land developer who was associated with the development of many towns including Towanda, Illinois, Normal, Illinois. and Lyons, Iowa. The Lafayette, Bloomington and Mississippi Railroad, for which Padua Township had supplied $30,000 worth of bonds. The location of the station came as a surprise to local people who had expected that it would be closer to the center of the Township. [1] A store was moved to the new Town. By 1872 freight service had begun of the railroad. [2] The original town consisted of four blocks on the north side of the depot grounds. The depot was on the south side of the tracks and early grain elevators were on both sides of the tracks. [3]
Holder consists of approximately 25 residential dwellings.
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Le Roy is a city in McLean County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,512 at the 2020 census.
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The Constitution Trail is a multi-use rail trail located in Illinois. It occupies an abandoned Illinois Central Gulf Railroad corridor that runs through the 'Twin Cities' of Bloomington and Normal in McLean County, Illinois.
Cropsey is a small unincorporated community in McLean County, Illinois, United States. It was named for a Civil War colonel in the Union Army.
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Weston is an unincorporated community located in McLean County, Illinois. It currently is still in existence, as opposed to its now-defunct namesake in DuPage County.