Galton, Illinois

Galton, Illinois
Unincorporated community
Galton, Illinois
Coordinates: 39°44′22″N 88°18′01″W / 39.73944°N 88.30028°W / 39.73944; -88.30028Coordinates: 39°44′22″N 88°18′01″W / 39.73944°N 88.30028°W / 39.73944; -88.30028
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Douglas
Elevation	650 ft (200 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	217
GNIS feature ID	408860^[1]

Galton is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Illinois, United States. Galton is located on U.S. Route 45, 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Arcola.

The community was named after Douglas Galton, a British actuary who visited Illinois several times to examine the books of the Illinois Central Railroad on behalf of Dutch and British investors. In 1883, a post office was established.^[2]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Galton, Illinois
↑ Callary, Edward (2009). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois.

Municipalities and communities of Douglas County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Tuscola

Cities	Arcola Newman Tuscola Villa Grove

Villages	Arthur‡ Atwood‡ Camargo Garrett Hindsboro

Townships	Arcola Bourbon Bowdre Camargo Garrett Murdock Newman Sargent Tuscola

Unincorporated communities	Bourbon Chesterville Chicken Bristle Fairland‡ Ficklin Filson Galton Hayes Hillcrest Hugo Kemp Murdock North Prairie Acres Patterson Springs West Ridge

Ghost town	Fillmore

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

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