Bybee was a community laid out by David Bybee in Fulton County, Illinois.
The community was on a narrow gauge railway[specify] that operated from 1880 to the 1920s. That railway was turned into standard gauge around 1910. In 1905, two trains a day passed through Bybee; by 1913, only one train a day. There was a school, store, and train stop on the narrow gauge rail. There is a small cemetery near where this community used to exist. The track was torn out of this area when the narrow gauge company discontinued service between Galesburg and Fairview, Illinois.
The name Bybee is listed in for five geographic features in the Geographic Names Information System: as the settlement (422523),[1] a station (1802152),[2] two entries (405312 and 1984238) that appear to be the same cemetery west of the settlement,[3][4] and another cemetery (1773316) southeast of the settlement.[5]
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- ^ a b "Bybee". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. 1980-01-15. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
- ^ "Bybee Station (historical)". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. 1988-07-21. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
- ^ "Bybee Cemetery (405312)". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. 1980-01-15. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
- ^ "Bybee Cemetery (1984238)". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. 1999-09-30. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
- ^ "Bybee Cemetery (1773316)". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. 1998-01-08. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
Bibliography [edit]
- Callary, Edward (2009) Place Names of Illinois Urbana & Chicago; University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252033568
