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Bourbonais

Ghost town · Bureau County, Illinois

Buda quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1921, 1:62,500)
Buda quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1921, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Bourbonais is a ghost town in Bureau County, Illinois, recorded as human settlement in Bureau County, Illinois, United States of America. It is the only former community in Bureau County recorded on the federal names register, out of 208 across Illinois.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Bourbonais as a historical populated place on the Buda topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 41.3436° N, 89.6354° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBuda
Elevation667 ft
Nearest living townBuda, IL
Distance to it2.5 miles
GNIS feature ID1822630
Coordinates41.34365, -89.63538

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What's there now

Bourbonais is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Buda, IL (population 511), about 2.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 667 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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