Cheneyville, Illinois

Cheneyville
—  Unincorporated town  —
Grain elevator in Cheneyville
Vermilion County's location in Illinois
Cheneyville Cheneyville's location in Vermilion County
Coordinates: 40°28′09″N 87°35′05″W / 40.46917°N 87.58472°W / 40.46917; -87.58472Coordinates: 40°28′09″N 87°35′05″W / 40.46917°N 87.58472°W / 40.46917; -87.58472
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Vermilion County
Township	Grant Township
Established	1871
Elevation	725 ft (221 m)
ZIP code	60942
Area code(s)	217
GNIS feature ID	0406006[1]

Cheneyville is an unincorporated community in Grant Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.

History

Cheneyville was founded in 1871 and platted in 1880. It was named for J. H. Cheney, the vice-president of the Lake Erie and Western Railroad. A telephone system was installed in 1888 and soon had to be expanded due to rising demand.^[2]

Geography

Cheneyville is located at 40°28′9″N 87°35′5″W / 40.46917°N 87.58472°W / 40.46917; -87.58472 (40.4692031, -87.5847437), about four miles east of the village of Hoopeston and less than two miles south of the northern border of the county.

Cheneyville church

References

1. ^ "Cheneyville". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0406006. Retrieved 2010-10-17. 
2. ^ Stapp, Katherine; W. I. Bowman (1968). History Under Our Feet: The Story of Vermilion County, Illinois. Danville, Illinois: Interstate Printers and Publishers, Inc.. pp. p. 45. 

External links

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