DeLong was laid out in 1882, and named in memory of George W. DeLong (1844–1881), a United States Navy officer and explorer.[3] A post office opened at DeLong in 1883, and remained in operation until 1969.[4]
delong, illinois, delong, also, called, long, delong, unincorporated, community, orange, township, knox, county, illinois, united, states, delong, located, county, route, miles, east, abingdon, unincorporated, communitydelongshow, illinoisdelongshow, united, s. DeLong also called De Long or Delong is an unincorporated community in Orange Township Knox County Illinois United States DeLong is located on County Route 5 5 2 miles 8 4 km east of Abingdon 2 DeLong IllinoisUnincorporated communityDeLongShow map of IllinoisDeLongShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 40 49 00 N 90 18 16 W 40 81667 N 90 30444 W 40 81667 90 30444CountryUnited StatesStateIllinoisCountyKnoxTownshipOrangeElevation676 ft 206 m Time zoneUTC 6 Central CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT Area code309GNIS feature ID407021 1 History editDeLong was laid out in 1882 and named in memory of George W DeLong 1844 1881 a United States Navy officer and explorer 3 A post office opened at DeLong in 1883 and remained in operation until 1969 4 References edit DeLong Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey United States Department of the Interior General Highway Map Knox County Illinois PDF Map Illinois Department of Transportation 2010 Archived from the original PDF on September 27 2011 Retrieved March 3 2013 Callary Edward September 29 2008 Place Names of Illinois University of Illinois Press p 91 ISBN 978 0 252 09070 7 Knox County Jim Forte Postal History Archived from the original on March 5 2016 Retrieved November 4 2015 nbsp This Knox County Illinois location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title DeLong Illinois amp oldid 1166849757, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
