Goshen Road

Goshen Road (HM1O6L)

Location: Mount Vernon, IL 62864 Jefferson County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 19.948', W 88° 55.478'

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The Goshen Road was one of the main arteries of travel in the early 1800's, when Illinois was frontier country. The road ran in a Northwesterly direction from Shawneetown to Edwardsville - A distance of more than 150 miles. Shawneetown and Edwardsville were two of the leading commercial towns in Illinois. In the vast area between these towns most of the early settlements were along the Goshen Road, which was three miles east of this point in Jefferson County. In 1821, after the county was organized, an alternate road was surveyed in order to pass through Mt. Vernon, the county seat.
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HM NumberHM1O6L
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Year Placed1973
Placed ByThe Jefferson County Historical Society and The Illinois State Historical Society
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Friday, September 25th, 2015 at 9:01am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 331780 N 4244456
Decimal Degrees38.33246667, -88.92463333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 19.948', W 88° 55.478'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 19' 56.88" N, 88° 55' 28.68" W
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Area Code(s)618
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1401-1499 N 27th St, Mount Vernon IL 62864, US
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