Tamalco,_Illinois

Tamalco, Illinois

Tamalco, Illinois

Unincorporated community in Illinois, United States

Tamalco is an unincorporated community in Bond County, Illinois, United States. Tamalco is located along a railroad line northwest of Keyesport.

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The community was named in 1884 as a portmanteau of the names of Bond County residents W. H. Taylor, John McLaren, and Frank Colwell. Its post office opened the same year; Taylor served as the first postmaster.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tamalco, Illinois
  2. [2]
    Callary, Edward (2008). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press. p. 342. ISBN 9780252090707.


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