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Faries Park

Ghost town · Macon County, Illinois

Decatur quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1929, 1:62,500)
Decatur quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1929, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Faries Park is a ghost town in Macon County, Illinois. It is the only former community in Macon County recorded on the federal names register, out of 208 across Illinois.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Faries Park as a historical populated place on the Decatur 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 39.8714° N, 88.8770° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDecatur
Elevation629 ft
Nearest living townDecatur, IL
Distance to it3.2 miles
GNIS feature ID1747772
Coordinates39.87143, -88.87702

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What's there now

Faries Park is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Decatur, IL (population 70,368), about 3.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 629 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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