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Clark Center

 

 Auburn Township, Clark County, Illinois 

Clark Center, formerly known as Auburn, Lodi, and Clark Centre, is located on the south half of the northwest quarter and part of the north half of the southwest quarter of Section 37, Auburn Township. It lies just north of The National Road (Route 40), about 7 miles northeast of Martinsville and about 5 miles southwest of Marshall.

A Post office was established at Lodi on Oct. 15, 1842. The name was changed to Clark Centre on May 21, 1857 and to Clark Center on Oct. 25, 1893.  It was discontinued on June 15, 1907.


See Also:

History of Crawford and Clark Counties, 1883

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