Keyesport, Illinois | |
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  Keyesport, Illinois  Keyesport, Illinois | |
| Coordinates: 38°45′24″N89°16′22″W / 38.75667°N 89.27278°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Bond |
| Elevation | 476 ft (145 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 618 |
| GNIS feature ID | 422873 [1] |
Keyesport Landing is an unincorporated community in Bond County, Illinois, United States. Keyesport Landing is located on the western shore of Carlyle Lake north of Keyesport.
Clinton County is located in the U.S. state of Illinois. At the 2020 census, the population was 36,899. Its county seat is Carlyle.
Hardin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 3,649, making it the least populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Elizabethtown. Hardin County is located in the part of the state known as Little Egypt. Hardin County was named for Hardin County, Kentucky, which was named in honor of Colonel John Hardin, an officer in the American Revolutionary War and the Northwest Indian War.
Calhoun County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,437, making it Illinois’ third-least populous county. Its county seat and biggest community is Hardin, with a population of 801. Its smallest incorporated community is Hamburg, with a population of 99. Calhoun County is at the tip of the peninsula formed by the courses of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers above their confluence and is almost completely surrounded by water. Calhoun County is sparsely populated; it has just five municipalities, all of them villages.
Bond County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,725. Its county seat is Greenville.
Keyesport is a village in Bond and Clinton counties, Illinois, United States. The population was 406 at the 2020 census.
Greater St. Louis is a bi-state metropolitan statistical area in the United States with its core in both Missouri and Illinois. Its largest principal city is the independent city of St. Louis, and its largest employer is St Louis County, Missouri which lies immediately to the west. The pre-war city core is on the Mississippi Riverfront on the border with Illinois in the geographic center of the metro area. The Mississippi River bisects the metro area geographically between Illinois and Missouri; however, the Missouri portion is much more populous. St. Louis is the focus of the largest metro area in Missouri and the Illinois portion known as Metro East is the second largest metropolitan area in that state. St. Louis County is independent of the City of St. Louis and their two populations are generally tabulated separately.
The Middle Fork of the Vermilion River is a tributary of the Vermilion River in Illinois. The Middle Fork rises in Ford County and flows southeast to join the Vermilion near Danville.
Carlyle Lake is a 25,000-acre (101.2 km2) reservoir largely located in Clinton County, Illinois, United States, with smaller portions of the lake within Bond and Fayette counties. It is the largest man-made lake in Illinois, and the largest lake wholly contained within the state.
The Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area is a 1,140-acre (460 ha) state park located near Griggsville in Pike County, Illinois. It borders on the Illinois River and is primarily made of steeply sloped bluffland that is part of the river's valley. Heavily wooded, this region is managed for whitetail deer hunting. The Ray Norbut complex also includes Big Blue Island, a 100-acre (40 ha) riparian island in the Illinois River. The park is managed by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR).
Griggsville Landing, also known as Phillips Landing or Phillips Ferry, was located in Flint Township, just south of Valley City, Illinois. It is a former town site on the Illinois River in Pike County. The town was a steamboat stop which began sometime in the 1830s. There was a lime kiln there that was part of a commercial lime operation prior to post-Civil War industrial intensification in the lime industry. The town at Griggsville Landing was home to a boat yard, a grist mill and a hotel in addition to the Griggsville Landing Lime Kiln, built around 1850, which is still standing as of 2007. The town was eventually abandoned, rendering it a ghost town. Griggsville Landing is adjacent to the Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area.
William G. Stratton State Park is an Illinois state park in Morris, Grundy County, Illinois, United States. It is named after Illinois Governor William Stratton, and was developed in 1959 to provide public boating access to the Illinois River. It features motorboat and jet-ski landing areas, and is bounded by the Illinois and Michigan Canal State Trail to the north and the Illinois River to the south.
Eldon Hazlet State Recreation Area is an Illinois state park on 3,000 acres (1,214 ha) in Clinton County, Illinois, United States.
USS Crook County (LST-611), originally USS LST-611, was a United States Navy LST-542-class tank landing ship built during World War II and in commission from 1944 to 1956. Named after Crook County, Oregon, and Crook County, Wyoming, she has been the only U.S. Navy vessel to bear the name.
Irishtown Township is one of fifteen townships in Clinton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,036 and it contained 730 housing units.
Tamalco is an unincorporated community in Bond County, Illinois, United States. Tamalco is located along a railroad line northwest of Keyesport.
Harbor Light Bay is an unincorporated community in Clinton County, Illinois, United States. Harbor Light Bay is located on the western shore of Carlyle Lake 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south-southwest of Keyesport. There exists a landowner’s association.
North Harbor is an unincorporated community in Clinton County, Illinois, United States. North Harbor is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of Keyesport.
Panorama Hills is an unincorporated community in Clinton County, Illinois, United States. Panorama Hills is located on the western shore of Carlyle Lake 2 miles (3.2 km) south-southwest of Keyesport.
USS LST-622 was a United States Navy LST-542-class tank landing ship in commission from 1944 to 1946.
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