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Lake Fork, Illinois
Lake Fork, Illinois is located in Illinois
Lake Fork, Illinois
Lake Fork, Illinois
Location in Illinois
Lake Fork, Illinois is located in the United States
Lake Fork, Illinois
Lake Fork, Illinois
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Illinois
County Logan
Township Mount Pulaski
Elevation
596 ft (182 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Postal code
62541 [1]
Area code(s) 217

Lake Fork is an unincorporated community in Logan County, Illinois along Illinois Route 54.

History

Lake Fork was laid out in 1881. The community is named after Buffalo Lake, a now-vanished prairie wetland in southern Logan County on the upper reaches of the Lake Fork of Salt Creek. A post office called Lake Fork has been in operation since 1881.

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