Ancona is an unincorporated community in Livingston County, Illinois, United States. Ancona is located along a railroad line south-southwest of Streator. Ancona has a post office with ZIP code 61311.[2] It formerly served the Santa Fe Railway at Ancona Station.
It takes its name from the Italian city of Ancona, capital of the Marches.[3]
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ancona, Illinois
- ^ ZIP Code Lookup Archived June 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Edward Callary, Place Names of Illinois, University of Illinois Press, 2008.