Bishop, Illinois

Bishop, Illinois
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 40°20′45″N 89°52′29″W / 40.34583°N 89.87472°W / 40.34583; -89.87472Coordinates: 40°20′45″N 89°52′29″W / 40.34583°N 89.87472°W / 40.34583; -89.87472
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Mason
Elevation	492 ft (150 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	309
GNIS feature ID	422467^[1]

Bishop is an unincorporated community in Forest City Township, Mason County, Illinois, United States.^[2] Bishop is 3 miles (4.8 km) west-southwest of Forest City.

The community was founded in 1875 as a station on the Peoria, Pekin and Jacksonville Railroad. The town was named for the site owner Henry Bishop. Bishop's Station post office was established in 1869, changed to Bishop in 1883.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bishop, Illinois
↑ Mason County General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Illinois Department of Transportation. 1984. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
↑ Callary, Edward (2009). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois.

Municipalities and communities of Mason County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Havana

Cities	Havana Mason City

Town	Topeka

Villages	Bath Easton Forest City Kilbourne Manito San Jose‡

Townships	Allens Grove Bath Crane Creek Forest City Havana Kilbourne Lynchburg Manito Mason City Pennsylvania Quiver Salt Creek Sherman

CDP	Goofy Ridge

Other unincorporated communities	Biggs Bishop Eckard Lakewood Luther Matanzas Beach Parkland Poplar City Snicarte Talbott Teheran

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

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