ILLINOIS BEND

NAME: Illinois Bend COUNTY: Montague ROADS: 2WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: Mild winter, hot summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Any time

COMMENTS: F.M.Road 677 20 miles north west of montague, tx REMAINS: Church, old gas station, a few other structures.

Illinois Bend was named by homesick settlers from Illinois - who moved to Texas in 1862. Before their arrival it had been named Wardville after a local landowner, C. M. Ward. The name was changed to Illinois Bend in 1877 when a post office was granted for the community. Illinois Bend had a population of 300 by the mid-1880s. Submitted by: Shawn Minchey

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