Effner, Illinois (original) (raw)
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Unincorporated town in Illinois, United States
| Effner, Illinois | |
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| Unincorporated town | |
 The defunct railway station |
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| Coordinates: 40°46′14″N 87°31′31″W / 40.77056°N 87.52528°W / 40.77056; -87.52528 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Iroquois |
| Township | Sheldon |
| Elevation[1] | 207 m (679 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 60966 |
| Area code | 815 |
| FIPS code | 18-20566[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 447634[1] |
Effner is an unincorporated town in Iroquois County, Illinois[3] on the border with Indiana.
Effner was founded ca. 1860[4] and originally known as Haxby. A post office was established at Effner in 1899, but closed shortly thereafter in 1901.[5]
Effner is located along US Routes 52 and 24 just east of the town of Sheldon. the town lies along the eastern edge of Sheldon Township in Iroquois County, Illinois, though the grain elevators and the defunct railway station are across the border in Jefferson Township in Newton County, Indiana. A line of the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway connecting Sheldon and Kentland passes through town just south of the highway.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Effner, Illinois
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Effner, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
- ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...this village was established about 1860.
- ^ "Newton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 9, 2015.