Adrian, Illinois

Adrian is an unincorporated community in Rock Creek Township, Hancock County, Illinois, United States. Adrian no longer has a post office, but is served by Dallas City. It hosts a grain elevator, Chemagro, and several houses. A former Disciples of Christ Church stands at the west end of the community, but is no longer active. The former one-room school at the east end of the community is now a farm machine shed.

Adrian, Illinois
Unincorporated community
Adrian
Adrian
Coordinates: 40°31′15″N 91°10′02″W
Country United States
State Illinois
CountyHancock County
TownshipRock Creek Township
Elevation
213 m (699 ft)
ZIP code
62318
GNIS feature ID0403362

History

Adrian was laid out in the 1870s, taking its name from Adrian, Michigan.[1] A post office has been in operation at Adrian since 1870.[2]

Geography

Adrian is located at 40°31′15″N 91°10′02″W at an elevation of 699 feet.

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gollark: I treat Discord messages and reddit posts as "basically public" anyway.
gollark: Connections to websites themselves run over HTTPS, which I'm mostly trusting of (MITM attacks are a thing and the government does realistically have access to a cert I'll trust, but that's detectable), and my DNS resolution also runs over HTTPS.
gollark: I figure that if the government here actually wants to see the content of my internet traffic, they probably could individually muck with my connection/devices/whatever somehow, but also probably do not do this generally or particularly often.
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References
  1. Callary, Edward (29 September 2008). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-252-09070-7.
  2. "Hancock County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 7 November 2015.



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