Effner, Illinois

Effner is an unincorporated town in Iroquois County, Illinois^[3] on the border with Indiana.

Effner, Illinois
Unincorporated town
The defunct railway station
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Coordinates: 40°46′14″N 87°31′31″W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Iroquois
Township	Sheldon
Elevation [1]	679 ft (207 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	60966
Area code	815
FIPS code	18-20566[2]
GNIS feature ID	447634[1]

History

Effner was founded ca. 1860^[4] and originally known as Haxby. A post office was established at Effner in 1899, but closed shortly thereafter in 1901.^[5]

Geography

Effner is located along US Routes 52 and 24 just east of the town of Sheldon. the town lies along the eastern edge of Sheldon Township in Iroquois County, Illinois, though the grain elevators and the defunct railway station are across the border in Jefferson Township in Newton County, Indiana. A line of the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway connecting Sheldon and Kentland passes through town just south of the highway.