Porterville, Illinois

Porterville, Illinois
Unincorporated community
Porterville, Illinois
Coordinates: 39°05′23″N 87°48′05″W / 39.08972°N 87.80139°W / 39.08972; -87.80139Coordinates: 39°05′23″N 87°48′05″W / 39.08972°N 87.80139°W / 39.08972; -87.80139
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Crawford
Elevation	538 ft (164 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	618
GNIS feature ID	416048^[1]

Porterville, also known as Eaton, is an unincorporated community in Crawford County, Illinois, United States. Porterville is 6 miles (9.7 km) north-northwest of Robinson. The community was platted as East Berlin and first saw growth when Richard Porter opened a blacksmith shop there in 1850. A post office opened under the name Eaton in 1852 and closed at a later date.^[1]

References

1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Porterville, Illinois

Municipalities and communities of Crawford County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Robinson

City	Robinson

Town	Palestine

Villages	Flat Rock Hutsonville Oblong Stoy

Townships	Honey Creek Hutsonville Lamotte Licking Martin Montgomery Oblong Prairie Robinson Southwest

CDPs	Annapolis West York

Other unincorporated communities	Bellair Dogwood Duncanville Gordon Green Brier Hardinville Heathsville Kibbie Landes Morea New Hebron Oil Center Oil Grove Pierceburg Port Jackson Porterville Richwoods Riddleville‡ Trimble Villas

Ghost town	Crawfordsville

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

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