Alexander, Illinois

Alexander, Illinois
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°43′28″N 90°02′17″W / 39.72444°N 90.03806°W / 39.72444; -90.03806Coordinates: 39°43′28″N 90°02′17″W / 39.72444°N 90.03806°W / 39.72444; -90.03806
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Morgan
Elevation	659 ft (201 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	62601
Area code(s)	217
GNIS feature ID	403398^[1]

Alexander is an unincorporated community in Morgan County, Illinois, United States. Alexander is 10 miles (16 km) east of Jacksonville and has a post office with ZIP code 62601.^[2]

History

Alexander was laid out in the 1850s by John T. Alexander, and named for him.^[3] A post office has been in operation at Alexander since 1857.^[4]

↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
↑ ZIP Code Lookup
↑ Callary, Edward (29 September 2008). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-252-09070-7.
↑ "Morgan County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 7 November 2015.

Municipalities and communities of Morgan County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Jacksonville

Cities	Jacksonville Waverly

Villages	Chapin Concord Franklin Lynnville Meredosia Murrayville South Jacksonville Woodson

Precincts	Alexander Arcadia Chapin Concord Franklin Jacksonville No. 1 Jacksonville No. 2 Jacksonville No. 3 Jacksonville No. 4 Jacksonville No. 5 Jacksonville No. 6 Jacksonville No. 7 Jacksonville No. 8 Jacksonville No. 9 Jacksonville No. 10 Jacksonville No. 11 Jacksonville No. 12 Jacksonville No. 13 Jacksonville No. 14 Jacksonville No. 15 Jacksonville No. 16 Jacksonville No. 17 Jacksonville No. 18 Literberry Lynnville Markham Meredosia No. 1 Meredosia No. 2 Murrayville No. 1 Nortonville Pisgah Prentice-Sinclair South Jacksonville No. 1 South Jacksonville No. 2 South Jacksonville No. 3 South Jacksonville No. 4 Waverly No. 1 Waverly No. 2 Waverly No. 3 Woodson

Unincorporated communities	Alexander Arcadia Arnold Clements Literberry Nortonville Pisgah Rees Sinclair

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