Tamalco, Illinois

Tamalco, Illinois
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°46′15″N 89°17′29″W / 38.77083°N 89.29139°W / 38.77083; -89.29139Coordinates: 38°46′15″N 89°17′29″W / 38.77083°N 89.29139°W / 38.77083; -89.29139
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Bond
Elevation	479 ft (146 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	618
GNIS feature ID	419529^[1]

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

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

↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
↑ Callary, Edward (2008). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press. p. 342. ISBN 9780252090707.

Municipalities and communities of Bond County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Greenville

City	Greenville

Villages	Donnellson‡ Keyesport‡ Mulberry Grove Old Ripley Panama‡ Pierron‡ Pocahontas Smithboro Sorento

Townships	Burgess Central Lagrange Mills Mulberry Grove Old Ripley Pleasant Mound Shoal Creek Tamalco

Unincorporated communities	Ayers Beaver Creek Bunje Dudleyville Durley Gilmore Hamburg Hookdale Keyesport Landing Paisley Corners Pleasant Mound Reno Stubblefield Tamalco Woburn

Ghost town	Elm Point

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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