WayfarrowDaggett
Ghost town · Carroll County, Illinois
Daggett is a ghost town in Carroll County, Illinois, recorded as human settlement in Carroll County, Illinois, United States of America. It is the only former community in Carroll County recorded on the federal names register, out of 208 across Illinois.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Daggett as a historical populated place on the Mount Carroll 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 42.0325° N, 89.9737° W.
In old newspapers
The earliest digitized newspaper pages printed in Illinois before 1931 that mention “Daggett”, from the Library of Congress. A page may use the name for something else; open it to read the context. 1,619 pages in all.
- 1819-07-10Edwardsville Spectator (Edwardsville, Ill.)
- 1820-03-07Edwardsville Spectator (Edwardsville, Ill.)
- 1820-04-11Edwardsville Spectator (Edwardsville, Ill.)
- 1820-04-18Edwardsville Spectator (Edwardsville, Ill.)
- 1820-04-25Edwardsville Spectator (Edwardsville, Ill.)
- 1820-07-18Edwardsville Spectator (Edwardsville, Ill.)
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Mount Carroll |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 749 ft |
| Nearest living town | Mount Carroll, IL |
| Distance to it | 4.3 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 422600 |
| Coordinates | 42.03253, -89.97373 |
What's there now
Daggett is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Mount Carroll, IL (population 1,515), about 4.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 749 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
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- Morrison Covered Bridge 13-98-Bcovered bridge · Whiteside County · 14.8 mi
- Sanfordvilleghost town · Whiteside County · 19 mi
- Brinksburgghost town · Jo Daviess County · 20.7 mi
- Pleasant Hillghost town · Jo Daviess County · 20.9 mi
- East Stocktonghost town · Jo Daviess County · 21.4 mi
- Chaneyghost town · Clinton County · 22.9 mi
- Pitchervilleghost town · Jo Daviess County · 23 mi
- Rockawayghost town · Jackson County · 23 mi
- Mineral Springsghost town · Whiteside County · 23.2 mi
- Prattghost town · Whiteside County · 23.6 mi
- Westonghost town · Jo Daviess County · 24.4 mi
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
- Chronicling America (Library of Congress) — Chronicling America search (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.