Elvira, Illinois

Elvira, Illinois
Unincorporated community
Coordinates: 37°29′36″N 89°01′46″W / 37.4934°N 89.0295°W / 37.4934; -89.0295Coordinates: 37°29′36″N 89°01′46″W / 37.4934°N 89.0295°W / 37.4934; -89.0295
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Johnson
Elevation	456 ft (139 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	62912^[1]
Area code(s)	618
GNIS feature ID	422667^[2]

Elvira is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Illinois, United States. The closest city to Elvira is Buncombe, which is about 3 miles (4.8 km) to the southeast. No numbered highways pass through Elvira; the closest state highway is Illinois Route 37, to the east.

History

Elvira was the county seat of Johnson County before Vienna, the current county seat.^[3]

↑ "ZIP Code Lookup" (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service. Retrieved December 1, 2008.
↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
↑ "'History of Johnson County ' one of area's most interesting". Southern Illinoisan. 15 August 2002. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

Municipalities and communities of Johnson County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Vienna
Cities	Vienna
Villages	Belknap Buncombe Cypress Goreville New Burnside Simpson
Precincts	Belknap Bloomfield Burnside Cache Elvira Goreville No. 1 Goreville No. 2 Grantsburg No. 1 Grantsburg No. 2 Lake No. 1 Lake No. 2 Ozark Simpson Tunnel Hill Vienna No. 1 Vienna No. 2 Vienna No. 3
Unincorporated communities	Bloomfield Crossroads Eagle Point Bay Elvira Flatwoods Forman Ganntown Grantsburg Joppa Junction Lick Creek Mermet Omar Ozark Parker City Pleasant Grove Reevesville Reynoldsburg Robbs Samoth Sandburn Tunnel Hill Wartrace West Vienna White Hill
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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