Filson
Filson is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Illinois, United States. Filson is 4 miles east of Arcola.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Illinois
- Also known as: “Filson, IL” and “Filson, Illinois”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kemp and Arcola.
Kemp
Hamlet
Kemp is an unincorporated community in Bowdre Township in Douglas County, Illinois, in the eastern part of the state. Situated 153 miles south of Chicago and 13 miles north of Charleston, it has a population of 55 people. Kemp is situated 2½ miles east of Filson.
Arcola
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Arcola is a city in the Central Illinois region of Illinois with about 2,900 residents in 2020. Visitors will get a sense of small-town Midwest as they walk or drive down the streets of Arcola.
Galton
Hamlet
Galton is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Illinois, United States. Galton is located on U.S. Route 45, 4 miles 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. Galton is situated 5 miles northwest of Filson.
Filson
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Arcola Township, Douglas, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.68948° or 39° 41′ 22″ northLongitude
-88.23199° or 88° 13′ 55″ westElevation
646 feet (197 metres)Open location code
86FHMQQ9+Q6OpenStreetMap ID
node 153669426OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Irish—“Filson” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “費爾森 (伊利諾伊州)”
- Chinese: “費爾森”
- French: “Filson”
- Irish: “Filson”
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Highlights include East Humboldt Cemetery and Township Cemetery.
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