Bybee, Illinois

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Bybee, Illinois
Ghost town
Bybee is located in Fulton County, Illinois
Bybee
Bybee
Coordinates: 40°35′52″N 90°11′5″W / 40.59778°N 90.18472°W / 40.59778; -90.18472Coordinates: 40°35′52″N 90°11′5″W / 40.59778°N 90.18472°W / 40.59778; -90.18472[1]
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyFulton
TownshipJoshua
Elevation
[1]
682 ft (208 m)

Bybee is a former settlement in Fulton County, Illinois, United States. The settlement was about 2.7 miles (4.3 km) south-southwest of Fairview and 8.3 miles (13.4 km) west-northwest of Canton.

The community was laid out by David Bybee on a narrow gauge railway: probably the that operated from 1880 to the 1920s. That railway was converted into standard gauge c. 1910. In 1905, two trains per day passed through Bybee; by 1913, only one train a day. There was a school, store, and train stop on the narrow gauge rail. There is a small cemetery near where this community formerly existed. The track was removed from this area when the narrow gauge company discontinued service between Galesburg and Fairview.[citation needed]

The name Bybee is in four nearby geographic features in the Geographic Names Information System: the settlement (422523),[1] a station (1802152) 1,550 feet (0.294 mi; 0.47 km) to the east,[2] and two entries (405312 and 1984238) that appear to be the same cemetery 2,500 feet (0.47 mi; 0.76 km) west of the settlement,[3][4] all along Cypress Road just south of Turkey Creek. There is also another cemetery (1773316) with the name Bybee, 13.8 miles (22.2 km) east-southeast of the settlement in Banner Township.[5]

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Bybee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1980-01-15. Retrieved 2013-08-23. Elevation from the National Elevation Dataset.
  2. ^ "Bybee Station (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1988-07-21. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
  3. ^ "Bybee Cemetery (405312)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1980-01-15. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
  4. ^ "Bybee Cemetery (1984238)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1999-09-30. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
  5. ^ "Bybee Cemetery (1773316)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1998-01-08. Retrieved 2008-11-24.

Bibliography[]

  • Callary, Edward (2009) Place Names of Illinois Urbana & Chicago; University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252033568
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