Bluff City, Fayette County, Illinois

Bluff City
Unincorporated
Country United States
State Illinois
County Fayette
Elevation 515 ft (157 m)
Coordinates
Timezone CST (UTC-6)
 - summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code 62471
Area code 618
Location of Bluff City within Illinois
Location of Illinois in the United States

Bluff City is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, Illinois, USA. This community is located two miles east of Vandalia on the historic road of Rt. 40.

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History

The area around this community was said to have one of the largest pre-Columbian Native American settlements. In 1949, Bluff Equipment Inc., a Case IH, Kubota, and Arctic Cat dealership, was founded, and is still located there.

Bluff City, Ill is the birth place of Dr. Roy E. Yarbrough (1948). Dr. Yarbrough is noted as the Guru of Mascotology (the study of Sport Mascots history). Prof of Sport Management Studies at California Univ. of PA.

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