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Houstonville, an extinct village, was in the vicinity of the intersection of Sections 16, 17, 20, and 21, [1] East Bend Township, Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The Houstonville Post Office (in Section 17) operated from 14 February 1871 to 21 March 1878, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and county public school number 29 in Houstonville (in Section 20 ...
Hutsonville Township is one of ten townships in Crawford County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 994 and it contained 486 housing units. As of the 2020 census, its population was 994 and it contained 486 housing units.
The first designation, Forest of the Wabash in southern Illinois on the Wabash River, was made in 1965, while the most recent designation, Markham Prairie in northern Illinois, was made in 1987. [1] Natural Landmarks in Illinois range from 53 to 6,500 acres (21.4 to 2,630.5 ha; 0.1 to 10.2 sq mi) in size.
Hutsonville is located in northeastern Crawford County along the Wabash River. [4] Its eastern border is formed by the river, which is also the Indiana state line. The main east–west street through the village is Clover Street, which crosses the river to become Indiana State Road 154, which leads east 15 miles (24 km) to Sullivan, Indiana.
The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County is a governmental agency headquartered in Wheaton, Illinois, United States.Its mission is to acquire and hold lands containing forests, prairies, wetlands, and associated plant communities or lands capable of being restored to such natural conditions for the purpose of protecting and preserving the flora, fauna and scenic beauty for the education ...
Included within Des Plaines Fish and Wildlife Area is the 78-acre Grant Creek Prairie Nature Preserve and the 575-acre Des Plaines Dolomite Prairies Land and Water Reserve. Both contain high-quality prairie communities; the latter includes 9 acres of rare, dry-mesic dolomite prairie, constituting 50% of the remaining natural community of that ...
Spitler Woods State Natural Area is a 202.5-acre (81.9 ha) state park located adjacent to Mount Zion, Illinois. The state park is located within the Decatur, Illinois metropolitan area. The eastern two-thirds of the state park is a listed Illinois Nature Preserve noted for its old-growth forest grove of white oak and hickory.
Wolf Lake extends across the Illinois and Indiana State line between 120th and 134th streets. [1] It is an 804 acres (325 ha) lake that has 419 acres (170 ha) within the city of Chicago and the remainder in the city of Hammond. [12] Its maximum depth is 20 feet (6.1 m). [1]