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Tuscumbia, Illinois

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

40°24′49.05″N 90°18′8.84″W / 40.4136250°N 90.3024556°W / 40.4136250; -90.3024556

Tuscumbia is a ghost town in Bernadotte Township, Fulton County, Illinois, US, that sprang up in the township and was platted by Wade Hampton on 2 March 1837.[1] It consisted of 54 lots. It flourished for a while and had a school, but by 1855 was abandoned.

A sign on County Road 14, known as the Bernadotte blacktop, nine miles west of Lewistown, Illinois, is the only remnant.[2]

History

Illinois was experiencing rapid settlement during the early 1800s. The timeframe of Tuscumbia coincides with Abraham Lincoln's career. In 1838, Lincoln visited the county seat Lewistown nine miles east of the Tuscumbia area, extending the range of his law practice.

References

  1. ^ Tuscumbia. paper town. In SE 1/4, Sec. 17 Bernadotte Twp. Platted in 1837 by Wade Hampton Davis (Heylin 692); perhaps named "for a Chickasaw Indian chief" (Gannett 306) Also name of postoffice (Adams 529)
  2. ^ Historic Fulton County: Sights and Scenes—Past and Present, Printed by Mid-County Press, INC. 1973, Page 20

Further reading

  • A RAMBLER’S NOTES Lewistown Township, Kate Perry, Canton Weekly Register, January 11, 1906
  • Heylin, Jesse, ed. History of Fulton County Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co, 1908
  • Gannett, Henry, American Names: A guide to the origin of place names in the US (Washington: Public Affairs Press, 1947)
  • Adams, James, A List of Illinois Place Names, Illinois Libraries, Vol 50 nos 4,5,6 1968

See also


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