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Poverty Ridge, Illinois

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Coordinates: 40°27′43″N 90°20′27″W / 40.46194°N 90.34083°W / 40.46194; -90.34083
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Poverty Ridge, Illinois
Unincorporated community
Poverty Ridge is located in Illinois
Poverty Ridge
Poverty
Ridge
Poverty Ridge is located in the United States
Poverty Ridge
Poverty
Ridge
Coordinates: 40°27′43″N 90°20′27″W / 40.46194°N 90.34083°W / 40.46194; -90.34083
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyFulton
Elevation
663 ft (202 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code309
GNIS feature ID1802240[1]

Poverty Ridge is an unincorporated community in Fulton County, Illinois, United States,[1] about eleven miles northwest of Lewistown.[2] Its elevation is 633 feet (202 m), and it is located at 40°27′43″N 90°20′27″W / 40.46194°N 90.34083°W / 40.46194; -90.34083 (40.4619856, -90.3409579).[1] The community is named for a line of hills near Seville, which likewise is named Poverty Ridge.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Poverty Ridge, Illinois
  2. ^ a b Callary, Edward. Place Names of Illinois. Urbana: U of Illinois P, 2008, 285.


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