Goshen Road Terminus
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N 38° 46.887 W 089° 56.898
16S E 243893 N 4296653
Located on the north side of Goshen Road 1/4 mile east of Illinois 159 at the Lewis and Clark Library.
Waymark Code: WM31GG
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 01/25/2008
Views: 28
The Goshen Road was one of the main arteries of travel in the early 1800's, when Illinois was frontier country. The road ran in a northwesterly direction from Shawneetown to Edwardsville -- a distance of more than 150 miles. Shawneetown and Edwardsville were two of the leading commercial towns in Illinois. The road was named for the Goshen settlement, which lay south and west of Edwardsville. The center of the Goshen settlement was about four miles southwest of here. The road was extended to Edwardsville by 1814 and Alton by 1839.
County: Madison
Website: [Web Link]
Dedication Date: Not listed
Location: Not listed
Historical Society: Not listed
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