Mount Fulcher, Illinois

Mount Fulcher, Illinois
—  Unincorporated community  —
Mount Fulcher, Illinois
Coordinates: 39°59′31″N 89°30′44″W / 39.99194°N 89.51222°W / 39.99194; -89.51222Coordinates: 39°59′31″N 89°30′44″W / 39.99194°N 89.51222°W / 39.99194; -89.51222
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Logan
Elevation	600 ft (183 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
– Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	217
GNIS feature ID	1720884[1]

Mount Fulcher is an unincorporated community in Logan County, Illinois, United States. Mount Fulcher is located along Interstate 55 and former U.S. Route 66 northeast of Williamsville.

"Mount" Fulcher is an end, or terminal moraine, a deposit of rocks and soil left by glaciers at the end of the last ice age. This large natural moraine was greatly reduced by the cutting of the railroad right-of-way between 1853 and 1945, and later by the cutting of right-of-way for the successive highways Illinois Route 4, U.S. Route 66, and then U.S. Interstate 55.

The construction of this portion of U.S. Interstate 55 between 1973 and 1978 greatly reduced the height and area of Mount Fulcher. When U.S. Route 66 was the major highway, Mount Fulcher was a predominant feature of the local landscape, second only to nearby Elkhart Hill. Nevertheless, one can still readily observe a portion of the moraine to the east of the railroad and interstate, while the much larger portion of the moraine on the west side of the Interstate is clearly observable.

References

1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.