Burnside, Illinois
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Burnside 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 Pilot Grove Township, Hancock 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.


History

Burnside was founded in 1862, and named after Ambrose Everett Burnside, a railroad official.


References

Unincorporated communities in Illinois Unincorporated communities in Hancock County, Illinois {{HancockCountyIL-geo-stub