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Hawley

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท ILLINOIS

A historical populated place in Tazewell County, Illinois, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name
Hawley
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Illinois
County
Tazewell County
USGS Map
Pekin
Coordinates
40.5139281, -89.6445481
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GNIS Feature ID
1747468

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS description

Community at a rail crossing in 1905. Now abandoned.

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1747468. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

  • Map U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1:62,500-scale topographic maps; various edition dates. Represents new or changed names from published editions. Map name and year of publication follow (if known):

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.