Eliza, Illinois

Eliza, Illinois
Eliza, Illinois
Unincorporated community
	Eliza, Illinois Show map of IllinoisShow map of the United StatesShow all
	Coordinates: 41°17′45″N 90°58′04″W / 41.29583°N 90.96778°WCoordinates: 41°17′45″N 90°58′04″W / 41.29583°N 90.96778°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Mercer
Elevation	696 ft (212 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	309
GNIS feature ID	407865

Eliza is an unincorporated community in Eliza Township, Mercer County, Illinois, United States.^[2] Eliza is 9 miles (14 km) north of New Boston.

History[]

The Bishop family settled the town around the 1840s. The grandson John Bishop owned almost all of the town, including his own general store. John also managed his own band he had since 1914. ^[3] The town also had a basketball team. Their church was named the Eliza Episcopal Church. By the late 1920s, the town had 53 acres of farmland along with a general store, drugstore, church, theater, dancehall, pool hall, and a barber shop among houses and a few community buildings. On November 14th of 1929, John Bishop auctioned off almost all the town, save for 4 houses. ^[4] His reasons were not officially stated, but could have likely been due to the recent start of the Great Depression in late October. News of the auction was featured in newspapers as far as Ohio, Iowa, and New Jersey.

References[]

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eliza, Illinois
^ Mercer County General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Illinois Department of Transportation. 1988. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 20, 2012. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
^ Alton Evening Telegraph (Newspaper) |https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61142213/eliza-il-auctioned-2/ |1929. Retrieved 10/15/2020
^ (Newspaper) |https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61141783/eliza-il-auctioned/ |1929. Retrieved 10/15/2020

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eliza, Illinois

[2] Mercer County General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Illinois Department of Transportation. 1988. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 20, 2012. Retrieved 2011-05-26.

[3] Alton Evening Telegraph (Newspaper) |https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61142213/eliza-il-auctioned-2/ |1929. Retrieved 10/15/2020

[4] (Newspaper) |https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61141783/eliza-il-auctioned/ |1929. Retrieved 10/15/2020

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v t Municipalities and communities of Mercer County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Aledo
Cities	Aledo Keithsburg New Boston
Villages	Alexis‡ Joy Matherville North Henderson Reynolds‡ Seaton Sherrard Viola Windsor
Townships	Abington Duncan Eliza Greene Keithsburg Mercer Millersburg New Boston North Henderson Ohio Grove Perryton Preemption Richland Grove Rivoli Suez
CDPs	Cable Eliza Hamlet Millersburg Preemption Swedona
Other communities	Boden Burgess Gilchrist Mannon Marston Petersville Shale City Sunbeam Wanlock
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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Eliza, Illinois
Unincorporated community
Eliza, Illinois Eliza, Illinois Show map of IllinoisShow map of the United StatesShow all
Coordinates: 41°17′45″N 90°58′04″W / 41.29583°N 90.96778°W / 41.29583; -90.96778Coordinates: 41°17′45″N 90°58′04″W / 41.29583°N 90.96778°W / 41.29583; -90.96778
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Mercer
Elevation	696 ft (212 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	309
GNIS feature ID	407865^[1]