Lake Henry Dam

Lake Henry Dam is a dam in Murphysboro Township, Jackson, Illinois. Lake Henry Dam is situated nearby to the town Murphysboro.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Murphysboro and Carbondale.

Murphysboro

Town

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Murphysboro is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 7,093 at the 2020 census. The city is part of the Metro Lakeland area. Murphysboro is situated 3 miles west of Lake Henry Dam.

Carbondale

Photo: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0.

Carbondale is a small city of about 25,000 in Southern about 14 miles east of the Mississippi River at roughly the southern edge of the plains, and the northern limit of the Shawnee hills.

Lake Henry Dam

Type: Dam
Description: dam in Jackson County, Illinois, United States of America
Location: Murphysboro Township, Jackson, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.75338° or 37° 45′ 12″ north

Longitude

-89.28509° or 89° 17′ 6″ west

Elevation

394 feet (120 metres)

Open location code

869GQP37+9X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 354166151

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dam

GeoNames ID

4242534

Wikidata ID

Q32824547

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Cebuano: “Lake Henry Dam”

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