Boos, Illinois

Boos, Illinois
Unincorporated community
Boos is located in Illinois
Boos
Boos
Boos is located in the United States
Boos
Boos
Coordinates: 38°55′48″N 88°06′39″W / 38.93000°N 88.11083°W / 38.93000; -88.11083
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyJasper
Elevation
[1]
512 ft (156 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code618
GNIS feature ID422487[1]

Boos (/boʊs/) is an unincorporated community in Jasper County, Illinois, United States. Boos is located on Illinois Route 130, southeast of Newton. The community once had a grocery store and a station on the Illinois Central Railroad.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boos, Illinois
  2. ^ Ewell, Dana (July 11, 1971). "Boos As in Boast, Not Booze". The Decatur Daily Review. p. 14. Retrieved December 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.