Texico, Illinois

Texico
Unincorporated community
Post office Texico, Illinois - 62889
Post office Texico, Illinois - 62889
Texico is located in Illinois
Texico
Texico
Location of Texico within Illinois
Texico is located in the United States
Texico
Texico
Texico (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°26′22″N 88°53′49″W / 38.43944°N 88.89694°W / 38.43944; -88.89694[1]
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyJefferson
Elevation
[1]
512 ft (156 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total
809
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Postal code
62889
Area code618
GNIS ID419617[1]

Texico (62889 - also called Field) is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 851 at the 2010 census.

Texico was named by resident Cashus M. Columbus Theodore Claybourn (1860–1936). The name came from the words Texas, Illinois, Claybourn, and Osborns.[2]

Four churches are located in Texico, the largest and oldest being the Panther Fork Baptist Church. Others include Donoho (a Prairie Christian Church), Antioch Christian Church, and Union Chapel. Texico also has a Post Office, previously had a bank (Texico State Bank) and is home to Field Grade School, a K-8 elementary school.

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Texico, Illinois
  2. ^ The Claybourn Genealogical Society. "Cashus M. Columbus Theodore Claybourn." 10 February 2009. http://www.claybourn.org/cashus-marshall-columbus-theodore-claybourn/ (14 February 2009).

38°26′22″N 88°53′49″W / 38.43944°N 88.89694°W / 38.43944; -88.89694


allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texico,_Illinois