Gilchrist, Mercer County, Illinois - USA

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Gilchrist is an unincorporated community in Greene Township, Mercer County, Illinois, United States.[2] Gilchrist is 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Viola.

Gilchrist, Illinois
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 41°12′19″N 90°37′27″W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Mercer
Elevation	787 ft (240 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	309
GNIS feature ID	416190[1]

Gilchrist was founded by John W. Gilchrist. The town was home to as many as 300 miners employed in the nearby Empire Coal Mine, owned by Mr. Gilchrist and other members of the Gilchrist family.[3] In 1914, Gilchrist had a population of 100. Its mail came from Viola. The business establishments are: the Empire Coal Company, a general store, a grocery store owned by F. A. Essley, and a restaurant owned by J. H. Smith.[4]

Gilchrist was on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad branch line (originally the American Central Railway) that ran from Galva, through Viola to New Boston. Later, Gilchrist served as the junction of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad with the Northern Division of the Rock Island Southern Railway, arriving in Gilchrist in 1905.[5]

A branch of the Rock Island Southern was built from Gilchrist to Aledo in 1910. The line to Gilchrist was abandoned in 1952.[6]

Service over the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy to Gilchrist ended in 1986, and the rail was removed in 1988.[7]

References

"US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
Mercer County General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Illinois Department of Transportation. 1988. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 20, 2012. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
Quad Cities Online - Railroads a key to Rapid City industrialist's mining success By Marlene Gantt Mar 8, 2013
"Past and present of Mercer County, Illinois" , Issac Newton Bassett, 1914, page 459
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v t e Municipalities and communities of Mercer County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Aledo
Cities	Aledo Keithsburg New Boston	Map of Illinois highlighting Mercer County
Villages	Alexis‡ Joy Matherville North Henderson Reynolds‡ Seaton Sherrard Viola Windsor
Townships	Abington Duncan Eliza Greene Keithsburg Mercer Millersburg New Boston North Henderson Ohio Grove Perryton Preemption Richland Grove Rivoli Suez
CDPs	Cable Eliza Hamlet Millersburg Preemption Swedona
Other communities	Boden Burgess Gilchrist Mannon Marston Petersville Shale City Sunbeam Wanlock
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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