Calhoun Island
Calhoun Island is an island in Calhoun, Illinois. Calhoun Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Marshall Landing, as well as near Deer Plain.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Calhoun County, Illinois, United States
- Also known as: “Squaw Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Duncan Farm and Golden Eagle-Toppmeyer Site.
Duncan Farm
Archaeological site
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Duncan Farm is an archaeological site located on a farmstead south of Illinois Route 100 in Jersey County, Illinois, near the city of Grafton. The site, which dates from the Woodland period, includes two burial mounds and a habitation site.
Golden Eagle-Toppmeyer Site
Archaeological site
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
The Golden Eagle-Toppmeyer Site is a pre-Columbian archaeological site located near the confluence of the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers in Calhoun County, Illinois.
Smith-Duncan House and Eastman Barn
House
The Smith-Duncan House and Eastman Barn are two historic buildings located on the Duncan Farmstead at Pere Marquette State Park in Jersey County, Illinois.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grafton.
Grafton
Village
Photo: Wikigaurabia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grafton is the oldest city in Jersey County, Illinois, United States. It is located near the confluence of the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 626.
Calhoun Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Calhoun, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.94033° or 38° 56′ 25″ northLongitude
-90.49095° or 90° 29′ 27″ westElevation
423 feet (129 metres)Open location code
86CFWGR5+4JOpenStreetMap ID
node 354148971OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
4250559Wikidata ID
Q114427547
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In Other Languages
“Calhoun Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Squaw Island (pulo sa Tinipong Bansa, Illinois)”
- Cebuano: “Squaw Island”
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Localities in the Area
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