Lick Prairie Precinct, Wabash County, Illinois

Lick Prairie Precinct
Wabash County
Lick Prairie Precinct ; Wabash County
	Precinct
	Location of Lick Prairie Precinct in Wabash County
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Wabash
Government
• Type	Precinct
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	618

Last updated June 22, 2019

Lick Prairie Precinct is one of the eight precincts of Wabash County, Illinois. The nearest community is Bellmont, Illinois but no town exists in the precinct. The 2008 Illinois earthquake was epicentered towards the middle of the precinct.

Wabash County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 11,947. Its county seat is Mount Carmel. It is located in the southern portion of Illinois known locally as "Little Egypt".

Bellmont is a village in Bellmont Precinct, Wabash County, Illinois, United States. The population was 297 at the 2000 census.

The 2008 Illinois earthquake was one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the Midwest state of Illinois. This moderate strike-slip shock measured 5.2 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII. It occurred at 04:36:59 local time on April 18 near West Salem and Mount Carmel, Illinois within the Wabash Valley Seismic Zone. Earthquakes in this part of the country are often felt at great distances.

Coordinates: 38°28′31″N87°54′08″W / 38.47528°N 87.90222°W / 38.47528; -87.90222

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Wabash County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Mount Carmel
Cities	Mount Carmel	Map of Illinois highlighting Wabash County
Villages	Allendale Bellmont Keensburg
Precincts	Bellmont Coffee Compton Friendsville Lancaster Lick Prairie Mount Carmel Wabash
Unincorporated communities	Adams Corner Cowling Friendsville Lancaster Maud Odgen Rochester