Cave-In-Rock
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village in Hardin County, Illinois, United States
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Vinony's link graph records 97 inbound references to Cave-In-Rock, and connects out to race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Ohio River and Hardin County.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under 1849 establishments in Illinois, 19th-century pirates and Illinois populated places on the Ohio River.
Vinony links it to 28 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Hardin
- Founded by
- Earliest known permanent settlers arrived in 1816
- Named after
- The Cave near the town
- Total
- 0.41 sq mi (1.07 km )
- Land
- 0.37 sq mi (0.97 km )
- Water
- 0.042 sq mi (0.11 km )
- Elevation
- 387 ft (118 m)
- Density
- 610.3/sq mi (235.65/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 17-11826
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Cave-In-Rock
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Hardin County
- Population
- 318
- Area
- 0.43
- Elevation
- 113
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Image
- Cave-in-Rock Main Street.jpg
- Households
- 69
- Dialing code
- 618
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- Commons category
- Minerals of Cave-in-Rock
- per capita income
- 37208
- postal code
- 62919
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Encyclopedic overview
Cave-In-Rock is a village in Hardin County, Illinois, United States. Its principal feature and tourist attraction is nearby Cave-In-Rock, on the banks of the Ohio River. In 1816, the earliest known permanent white settlers arrived and started building a town near the cave. The town was originally known as Rock and Cave, Illinois, with a post office under this name. On October 24, 1849, the town was officially renamed Cave-In-Rock. Cave-In-Rock was incorporated as a village in 1901. The population was 228 at the 2020 census.
Beginning in the 1790s, Cave-in-Rock became a refuge stronghold for frontier outlaws, on the run from the law which included river pirates and highwaymen Samuel Mason and James Ford, tavern owner/highwayman Isaiah L. Potts, serial killers/bandits the Harpe brothers, counterfeiters Philip Alston, Peter Alston, John Duff, Eson Bixby, and the Sturdivant Gang, and the post-American Civil War bandit, Logan Belt.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cave-In-Rock” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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