Akin () is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Eastern Township,
Franklin County,
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...
, United States. Akin is east of
Benton and north of
Thompsonville. Akin had a
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
, which closed on July 2, 2011.
History
The post office had been in operation at Akin since 1860. George W. Aken, the first postmaster, most likely gave the community his name.
References
Unincorporated communities in Franklin County, Illinois
Unincorporated communities in Illinois
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