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Durham is an unincorporated community in Hancock County, Illinois, United States. Durham is 6 miles (9.7 km) west of La Harpe.

Durham, Illinois
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 40°35′48″N 91°05′23″W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Hancock
Elevation	643 ft (196 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	217
GNIS feature ID	422643[1]

History

Durham was laid out in 1839.[2] A large share of the early settlers being natives of Durham, Connecticut caused the name to be selected.[2] A post office was established at Durham in 1850, and remained in operation until 1905.[3]

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Durham, Illinois
Callary, Edward (29 September 2008). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-252-09070-7.
"Hancock County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2015.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Hancock County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Carthage
Cities	Carthage Dallas City‡ Hamilton La Harpe Nauvoo Warsaw	Map of Illinois highlighting Hancock County
Town	Bentley
Villages	Augusta Basco Bowen Elvaston Ferris Plymouth‡ Pontoosuc West Point
Townships	Appanoose Augusta Bear Creek Carthage Chili Dallas City Durham Fountain Green Hancock Harmony La Harpe Montebello Nauvoo Pilot Grove Pontoosuc Prairie Rock Creek Rocky Run-Wilcox Sonora St. Albans St. Mary's Walker Warsaw Wythe
CDP	Niota
Other communities	Adrian Breckenridge Burnside Chili Colusa Denver Disco Durham Elderville Fountain Green Joetta La Crosse McCall Middle Creek Old Niota Powellton St. Mary Stillwell Sutter Tioga Webster
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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