Fools Lake
Fools Lake is a reservoir in Mercer, Illinois. Fools Lake is situated nearby to the hamlet Sugar Grove, as well as near the town Aledo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mercer County Courthouse and Mercer County Airport.
Mercer County Courthouse
Courthouse
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The Mercer County Courthouse, located on Southeast 3rd Street in Aledo, is the county courthouse serving Mercer County, Illinois. The courthouse was authorized in 1893 to accommodate the growing county's needs and completed the following year.
Mercer County Airport
Aerodrome
Mercer County Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport in Mercer County, Illinois, United States. It is located three nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Aledo, Illinois.
Mercer County High School
School building
Mercer County High School, or MCHS, is a public four-year high school located at 1500 South College Avenue in Aledo, Illinois, a city in Mercer County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aledo and Millersburg.
Aledo
Town
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Aledo is a city in and the county seat of Mercer County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,633 at the 2020 census.
Millersburg
Village
Millersburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Millersburg Township, Mercer County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 54. Millersburg is 4.5 miles northwest of Aledo.
Shale City
Hamlet
Shale City is an unincorporated community in Greene Township, Mercer County, Illinois, United States. Shale City is 3 miles west-northwest of Viola. Shale City was the home of the Continental Brick factory. Shale City is situated 5 miles east of Fools Lake.
Fools Lake
- Type: Reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: Mercer, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.21942° or 41° 13′ 10″ northLongitude
-90.74345° or 90° 44′ 36″ westElevation
748 feet (228 metres)Open location code
86HF6794+QJOpenStreetMap ID
node 354182622OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
4892720
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