Van Petten
Van Petten is a former rural unincorporated community in Harmon Township, Lee County, Illinois, United States. Platted in 1901 to take advantage of a new rail line through the area, the community began to decline by the late 1920s, and was reduced to two remaining residents by 2010.- Hamlet
- …lies at an elevation of around 660 feet (200 metres)
- Description: unincorporated community in Illinois
- Also known as“Van Petten, IL”“Van Petten, Illinois”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harmon.
Harmon
Harmon is a village in Lee County, Illinois, United States.
3½ miles east of Van Petten
Van Petten
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Latitude
41.7042° or 41° 42′ 15″ north
Longitude
-89.62205° or 89° 37′ 19″ west
Open location code
86HGP93H+M5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to South Azerbaijani—“Van Petten” goes by many names.
فان بيتينArabic
范帕滕Chinese
范帕滕 (伊利諾伊州)Chinese
Van PettenIrish
ون پتنPersian
ون پتن، ایلینویPersian
وان پتن، ایلینویSouth Azerbaijani
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