Hookdale, Illinois

Hookdale, Illinois
Unincorporated community
Hookdale, Illinois is located in Illinois
Hookdale, Illinois
Hookdale, Illinois
Location within Illinois
Hookdale, Illinois is located in the United States
Hookdale, Illinois
Hookdale, Illinois
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 38°49′35″N 89°18′41″W / 38.82639°N 89.31139°W / 38.82639; -89.31139
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyBond
Elevation
[1]
512 ft (156 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code618
GNIS feature ID410491[1]

Hookdale is an unincorporated community in Bond County, Illinois, United States. Hookdale is southeast of Greenville.

The town of Hookdale was originally known as Lehnville, for settler Louis Lehn. The town was platted in 1883 and received a post office in 1884, but in 1886 changed its name from Lehnville to Hookdale due to confusion with a similarly-named community in Sangamon County. The town received electricity in 1927.[2]

Hookdale was a freight loading point on the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad (now BNSF), centered on a grain elevator built in 1927. The elevator property also housed a lumber yard, barber shop, store, and dance hall in the 1930s and 40s. For a time it also housed the Hookdale post office, which later moved to a separate site before being discontinued in 1958.[3] Hookdale is the site of a major natural gas storage field that contains gas underground during the low-demand season.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hookdale, Illinois
  2. ↑ "History of Hookdale and its founder rich in experience". The Greenville Advocate. Greenville, IL. November 16, 1933. Retrieved July 5, 2026.
  3. ↑ Chase, Shannon (October 11, 2007). "Hookdale elevator once home to general store, lumberyard". The Greenville Advocate. Greenville, IL. Retrieved July 5, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Ameren Illinois begins enhancements of Hoffman-Carlyle natural gas line". The Breese Journal. Breese, IL. April 13, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2026.


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