- Crenshaw Crossing, Illinois
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Crenshaw, or Crenshaw Crossing, is an incorporated community in Williamson County, Illinois located between Marion and Energy in West Marion Precinct. In 1958, it had an estimated population of 50.[1]
Parts of the Herrin Massacre took place in and near the rural settlement on 21 June 1922. The Lester strip mine was located to the south. Replacement workers and mine guards were marched north from the mine to the community and then west to Moake Crossing and finally the Power Plant woods, where the initial massacre took place. The "crossing" part of the name came from the Coal Belt Electric Line interurban railroad and ran along what is now Crenshaw Road. Where it crossed to the other side of the road was the crossing.
References
- ^ James N. Adams, comp. 1989. Illinois Place Names. Springfield, Ill.: Illinois State Historical Society. 331.
Municipalities and communities of Williamson County, Illinois Cities Carterville | Creal Springs | Herrin | Hurst | Johnston City | Marion‡
Villages Bush | Cambria | Colp | Crainville | Energy | Freeman Spur‡ | Pittsburg | Spillertown | Stonefort‡ | Whiteash
Precincts Blairsville | Carterville | Corinth | Crab Orchard | Creal Springs | East Marion | Grassy | Herrin | Lake Creek | Southern | Stonefort | West Marion
Unincorporated
communitiesAttila | Blairsville | Chittyville | Clifford | Corinth | Crab Orchard | Crenshaw Crossing | Dewmaine | Dykersburg | Egyptian Hills | Egyptian Shores | Ferges | Fergestown | Hafer | Lake Crest | New Camp | No. 9 | Old Camp | Paulton | Paineville | Pulleys Mill | Shakerag
Ghost towns Chamness | Halfway | Halfway (Little Juarez)
Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Coordinates: 37°46′26″N 88°58′46″W / 37.77389°N 88.97944°W
Categories:- Populated places in Williamson County, Illinois
- Unincorporated communities in Illinois
- Southern Illinois geography stubs
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