Bishop, Illinois
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Bishop 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 Forest City Township, Mason County,
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, United States. Bishop is west-southwest of Forest City. The community was founded in 1875 as a station on the Peoria, Pekin and Jacksonville Railroad. The town was named for the site owner Henry Bishop. Bishop's Station post office was established in 1869, changed to Bishop in 1883. Bishop is also home to the Zion Cemetery


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Unincorporated communities in Mason County, Illinois Unincorporated communities in Illinois {{MasonCountyIL-geo-stub