Duncan, Illinois

Duncan, Illinois
Unincorporated community
Duncan, Illinois
Coordinates: 40°59′01″N 89°47′21″W / 40.98361°N 89.78917°W / 40.98361; -89.78917Coordinates: 40°59′01″N 89°47′21″W / 40.98361°N 89.78917°W / 40.98361; -89.78917
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Stark
Elevation	659 ft (201 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	309
GNIS feature ID	407481^[1]

Duncan is an unincorporated community in Stark County, Illinois, United States, located 4 miles (6.4 km) north-northwest of Princeville.

History

Duncan was laid out ca. 1870.^[2] The community is named for James H. Duncan, a United States Congressman from Massachusetts from 1849-1853.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Duncan, Illinois
↑ Callary, Edward (29 September 2008). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-252-09070-7.
↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 110.

Municipalities and communities of Stark County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Toulon

Cities	Toulon Wyoming

Villages	Bradford La Fayette

Townships	Elmira Essex Goshen Osceola Penn Toulon Valley West Jersey

Unincorporated communities	Castleton Duncan Elmira Lombardville Modena Morse Speer Stark

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