| LC control no. | n 79022220 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | West Frankfort (Ill.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Illinois--West Frankfort |
| Variant(s) | West Frankfort, Ill. Frankfort (Franklin County, Ill.) Frankfort Heights (Ill.) |
| Found in | GeoNames, July 28, 2015 (ppl; N 37° 53' 52'' W 88° 55' 53''; variant name: Frankfort Heights) Callary, Edward. Place names of Illinois, c2008: p. 127 (Frankfort. Franklin [County]. Also West Frankfort.... [K]nown as Frank Jordan's Fort, or Frank's Fort [no publs. in LC database].... The name continued as Frankfort [no publs. in LC database]. West Frankfort was founded about 1895.... Post office established June 22, 1818, as Franklin Courthouse [no publs. in LC database]; changed to Frankfort Dec. 1, 1821; changed to West Frankfort Sept. 16, 1904) Wikipedia, July 28, 2015 (West Frankfort is a city in Franklin County, Illinois, United States.... [An early] settlement took the name of ... "Frankfort"... [A] new community came to be known as West Frankfort for its location west of Frankfort. The two cities eventually merged and retained the name of West Frankfort.... The area of West Frankfort formerly known as Frankfort is still sometimes referred to locally as Frankfort Heights) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Frankfort,_Illinois> |
| Geographic area code | n-us-il |
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