Clarion 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 Bureau County,

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, 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

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, 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.

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Unincorporated communities in Bureau County, Illinois Unincorporated communities in Illinois {{BureauCountyIL-geo-stub