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October 2, 2008

Illinois Place Name of the Day – Oct. 2, 2008

Illinois / regional Place Names of Illinois

Bone Gap. Edwards. Village (1891) six miles northwest of Albion. Reportedly named for the large number of animal bones found by settlers in the 1830s (Harper, ed., History of Edwards County, 46). Post office established March 11, 1868.

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From Place Names of Illinois by Edward Callary


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