Effner, Illinois | |
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Coordinates: 40°46′14″N 87°31′31″W / 40.77056°N 87.52528°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Illinois |
County | Iroquois |
Township | Sheldon |
Elevation | 679 ft (207 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 60966 |
Area code | 815 |
FIPS code | 18-20566[2] |
GNIS feature ID | 447634[1] |
Effner is an unincorporated community on the border of the U.S. states of Illinois and Indiana. It lies principally in Iroquois County, Illinois[3] and partially in Newton County, Indiana.[1]
Effner was founded ca. 1860[4] and originally known as Haxby. A post office was established at Effner in 1899, but closed shortly thereafter in 1901.[5]
Effner is located along US Routes 52 and 24 just east of the town of Sheldon. Most of Effner lies along the eastern edge of Sheldon Township in Iroquois County, Illinois; the local grain elevators and the defunct railway station are across the border in Jefferson Township in Newton County, Indiana. A line of the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway connecting Sheldon and Kentland passes through town just south of the highway.
...this village was established about 1860.
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Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |