Clark Center, Illinois

Clark Center, Illinois
Lodi
Unincorporated community
Clark Center, Illinois is located in Illinois
Clark Center, Illinois
Clark Center, Illinois
Location within Illinois
Clark Center, Illinois is located in the United States
Clark Center, Illinois
Clark Center, Illinois
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 39°21′45″N 87°46′55″W / 39.36250°N 87.78194°W / 39.36250; -87.78194
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyClark
Elevation
[1]
620 ft (190 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code217
GNIS feature ID406157[1]
An abandoned part of the old National Road at Clark Center, Illinois.
1892 plat map for Auburn (Clark Center P.O.). Many streets already listed as vacated. Streets such as Main, Byron, York, Macon, and Washington, are extant in 2026.

Clark Center is an unincorporated community in Auburn Township, Clark County, Illinois, United States. Clark Center is located on U.S. Route 40 between Marshall and Martinsville.

Laying alongside the route of the new National Road, Clark Center was platted in 1836 as Auburn. In August 1837, it lost a vote to become the new county seat by 453-362 to Marshall, which then became the county seat in 1838.[2] A post office was opened as "Lodi" in 1842. It was changed to "Clarke Centre" in 1857, and "Clark Center" in 1893. The post office closed in 1907.[3][4]

At one time, Clark Center had two or three grocery stores, a garage, mill, blacksmith shop, tavern, and post office.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clark Center, Illinois
  2. ↑ Connelly, Dwight and the Clark County Historical Society. Clark County (Images of America series), p. 8 (2009)
  3. ↑ Towns and Communities, Clark County Illinois - Genealogy Trails, Retrieved 13 July 2026
  4. ↑ (4 June 1857). New Post Office, State Journal-Register ("the name of Lodi, P.O. Clark County, has been changed to Clark Centre P.O.")
  5. ↑ Clark Center (Auburn) Illinois -- Oral History Interview of Don Veach (1998), Oral History Project, Marshall Public Library


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