Tamalco, Illinois

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Tamalco, Illinois
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Tamalco, Illinois
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Tamalco, Illinois
Coordinates: 38°46′15″N89°17′29″W / 38.77083°N 89.29139°W / 38.77083; -89.29139 Coordinates: 38°46′15″N89°17′29″W / 38.77083°N 89.29139°W / 38.77083; -89.29139
Country United States
State Illinois
County Bond
Elevation
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479 ft (146 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 618
GNIS feature ID419529 [1]

Tamalco is an unincorporated community in Bond County, Illinois, United States. Tamalco is located along a railroad line northwest of Keyesport.

The community was named in 1884 as a portmanteau of the names of Bond County residents W. H. Taylor, John McLaren, and Frank Colwell. Its post office opened the same year; Taylor served as the first postmaster. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tamalco, Illinois
  2. ↑ Callary, Edward (2008). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press. p. 342. ISBN   9780252090707.



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