Griggsville Landing, Illinois
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Griggsville Landing, Illinois is a former town site on the Illinois River in Pike County, Illinois. The town was a steamboat stop which began sometime in the 1830s. There was a lime kiln there that was part of a commercial lime operation prior to post Civil War industrial intensification in the lime industry.[1] The town at Griggsville Landing was home to a boat yard, a grist mill and a hotel in addition to the Griggsville Landing Lime Kiln, built around 1850, which is still standing as of 2007. The town was eventually abandoned, rendering it a ghost town.
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- ^ The Griggsville Landing Lime Kiln at Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area, Pike County, Illinois, Cultural Resource Program, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Retrieved January 22, 2007.
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Municipalities and Communities of Pike County, Illinois (County Seat: Pittsfield) |
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| Cities, Towns and Villages | Atlas | Barry | Baylis | Chambersburg | Detroit | East Hannibal | El Dara | Fishhook | Florence | Griggsville | Hull | Kinderhook | Milton | Nebo | New Canton | New Salem | Pearl | Perry | Pike Station | Pittsfield | Pleasant Hill | Rockport | Seehorn | Straut | Summer Hill | Time | Valley City |
| Townships | Atlas | Barry | Chambersburg | Cincinnati | Derry | Detroit | Fairmount | Flint | Griggsville | Hadley | Hardin | Kinderhook | Levee | Martinsburg | Montezuma | New Salem | Newburg | Pearl | Perry | Pittsfield | Pleasant Hill | Pleasant Vale | Ross | Spring Creek |
