Clarion is an
unincorporated community in
Bureau County
Bureau County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 34,978. Its county seat is Princeton.
Bureau County is part of the Ottawa, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area, and the Henne ...
,
Illinois, United States. Clarion is located along a railroad line southwest of
Mendota.
Though Clarion is usually perceived as the area where the grain elevator and Lutheran church are located along
U.S. Route 34
U.S. Route 34 (US 34) is an east–west United States highway that runs for from north-central Colorado to the western suburbs of Chicago. Through Rocky Mountain National Park it is known as the Trail Ridge Road where it reaches elevation ...
, that is technically known as the unincorporated area of
Wendel. Children who live near the railroad crossing known as Clarion attend La Moille schools.
There was once a school house on the southwest corner of the Clarion Blacktop and 2500 N. Avenue. The area is home to several older homesteads and has gently rolling farmland.
References
Unincorporated communities in Bureau County, Illinois
Unincorporated communities in Illinois
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