Etherly, Illinois

Etherly was a town located in Knox County, Illinois, south of Victoria.

The town was a "company town:" a community that was the home of miners working the surrounding coal mines.^[1] The mining companies in the area went out of business in the early 20th century and the town was sold.^[2] Later, the Sherwood Mining Company bought the area mines as well as the village of Etherly. The houses and buildings in the town were sold and moved, many to nearby communities such as Galesburg and Victoria.^[1] The town site was then dug for a strip mine.^[3] The Etherly Cemetery is all that remains of the town today.

References

1 2 Mrs Don Wheeler & Dean Cree (1976). Bicentennial Issue of Victoria History 1976. Wagoner Prit Company.
↑ Perry, Albert J (1912). History of Knox County, Illinois: its cities, towns and people, Volume 1. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. In 1894, a railroad was built from wataga, through nearly the center of the township, to a mining village called Etherly. It was supposed that there were extensive coal fields in Copely and Victoria township, and these improvements were made in order to develop these mines.
↑ Carlson, Jane (June 18, 2006). "Etherly drifted away". Register Mail. Retrieved February 14, 2012.

External links

List of people buried at Etherly Cemetery

Municipalities and communities of Knox County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Galesburg

Cities	Abingdon Galesburg Knoxville Oneida

Villages	Altona East Galesburg Henderson London Mills‡ Maquon Rio St. Augustine Victoria Wataga Williamsfield Yates City

Townships	Cedar Chestnut Copley Elba Galesburg City Galesburg Haw Creek Henderson Indian Point Knox Lynn Maquon Ontario Orange Persifer Rio Salem Sparta Truro Victoria Walnut Grove

CDPs	Gilson Oak Run

Other unincorporated communities	Centerville Columbia Heights Dahinda DeLong Douglas Elba Center Henderson Grove Hermon Knox Ontario Rapatee Saluda Soperville Trenton Corners Truro Uniontown

Ghost towns	Appleton Etherly

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 40°59′35″N 90°05′10″W / 40.993°N 90.086°W / 40.993; -90.086

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