Tuscumbia is a
ghost town
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* Ghost town, a town that has been abandoned
Film and television
* Ghost Town (1936 film), ''Ghost Town'' (1936 film), an American Western film by Harry L. Fraser
* Ghost Town (1956 film), ''Ghost Town'' ...
in
Bernadotte Township,
Fulton County Fulton County is the name of eight counties in the United States of America. Most are named for Robert Fulton, inventor of the first practical steamboat:
*Fulton County, Arkansas, named after Governor William Savin Fulton
*Fulton County, Georgia
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,
Illinois, US, that sprang up in the township and was platted by
Wade Hampton Wade Hampton may refer to the following people:
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*Wade Hampton I (1752–1835), American soldier in Revolutionary War and War of 1812 and U.S. congressman
*Wade Hampton II (1791–1858), American plantation owner and soldier in War of 1812
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on 2 March 1837. It consisted of 54 lots. It flourished for a while and had a school, but by 1855, it was abandoned.
A sign on County Road 14, known as the Bernadotte blacktop, nine miles west of
Lewistown, Illinois
Lewistown is a city in Fulton County, Illinois, United States. It was named by its founder, Ossian M. Ross, after his oldest son, Lewis W. Ross. The population was 2,384 at the 2010 census, down from 2,522 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat ...
, is the only remnant.
[Historic Fulton County: Sights and Scenes—Past and Present, Printed by Mid-County Press, INC. 1973, Page 20]
History
Illinois was experiencing rapid settlement during the early 1800s. The timeframe of Tuscumbia coincides with
Abraham Lincoln
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's career. In 1838, Lincoln visited the county seat Lewistown nine miles east of the Tuscumbia area, extending the range of his
law practice
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.
References
Further reading
* A RAMBLER’S NOTES Lewistown Township, Kate Perry, ''Canton Weekly Register'', January 11, 1906
* Heylin, Jesse, ed. ''History of Fulton County Chicago'': Munsell Publishing Co, 1908
* Gannett, Henry, ''American Names: A guide to the origin of place names in the US'' (Washington:
Public Affairs Press
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History
According to notional successor Peter Osnos of the 1997-founded PublicAffairs: For f ...
, 1947)
* Adams, James, ''A List of Illinois Place Names'', Illinois Libraries, Vol 50 nos 4,5,6 1968
See also
*
Ghost Towns
Ghost Town(s) or Ghosttown may refer to:
* Ghost town, a town that has been abandoned
Film and television
* ''Ghost Town'' (1936 film), an American Western film by Harry L. Fraser
* ''Ghost Town'' (1956 film), an American Western film by Alle ...
Geography of Fulton County, Illinois
Ghost towns in Illinois
Populated places established in 1837
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