Chamness, Illinois

Chamness is a former unincorporated community in Williamson County, Illinois that disappeared with the establishment of the Ordill in the late 1930s and takeover by the Department of War in 1941 following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The site of the community is now located within the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge southwest of Marion.

The community was established 24 January 1889 and discontinued 30 April 1902. The name came from the first two postmasters, Marshall E. and Albert E. Chamness.^[1] The ZIP Code was 62959.

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Municipalities and communities of Williamson County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Marion

Cities

• Carbondale‡
• Carterville
• Creal Springs
• Herrin
• Hurst
• Johnston City
• Marion‡

Villages

• Bush
• Cambria
• Colp
• Crainville
• Energy
• Freeman Spur‡
• Pittsburg
• Spillertown
• Stonefort‡

Precincts

• Blairsville
• Carterville
• Corinth
• Crab Orchard
• Creal Springs
• East Marion
• Grassy
• Herrin
• Lake Creek
• Southern
• Stonefort
• West Marion

CDPs

• Blairsville
• Crab Orchard
• Whiteash

Other
communities

• Attila
• Clifford
• Corinth
• Crenshaw Crossing
• Dewmaine
• Dog Walk
• Dykersburg
• Fergestown
• Hudgens
• New Dennison
• No. 9
• Palzo
• Paulton
• Paineville
• Pulleys Mill
• Stiritz
• Willeford

Ghost towns

• Chamness
• Halfway
• Halfway (Little Juarez)

Footnotes

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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37°40′37″N 88°59′19″W / 37.67694°N 88.98861°W / 37.67694; -88.98861

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