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Cameron is an unincorporated community in Warren County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Cameron had a population of 188. Cameron is 7 miles (11 km) east-southeast of Monmouth. Cameron has a post office with ZIP code 61423. Cameron is at the junction of the old Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and Santa Fe Railroads, both now owned by BNSF. Cameron is the site of a 1996 connection track that was built between the former Burlington Northern line and the former Santa Fe's Chillicothe Subdivision, when the two merged to form the BNSF. This track allows both freight trains, along with Amtrak's Southwest Chief to use the Chicago and Mendota subdivisions between Chicago and Galesbur…
Its first post office opened in 1855.
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Portrait and biographical album of Warren County, Illinois1886 · page 715Read the page →
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township ii north of range i west, containing 79 acres. It was surveyed by J. W. Adcock. Cameronville south of the railroad track was platted by Robert and Sarah Cameron, March 6, 1854, and was located on sections 5 and 6, township 10 north of range i west, and was also surveyed by J. W. Adcock. Waste's Addition to Cameron was platted July 13, 1855, and was located on section 4, town-
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The past and present of Warren County, Illinois1877 · page 174Read the page →
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CAMERON Was laid out by Robert Cameron, Feb. 22, 1854, and was for some time known as Cameronville. His plat included the south west part of the town lying south of the railroad. Charles AYaste laid out a portion directly east of this, and north and west of this, across the railroad in CoLibrook township. Quinby's addition was soon after made.
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Portrait and biographical album of Warren County, Illinois1886 · page 716Read the page →
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many of its members went to Oregon, enough to form quite a congregation there. The place where they settled was called Monmouth, after the town in Warren County. In 1860, Cameron having become a thriving railroad town, and the business of Cold Brook having been transferred to that place, it was decided to move the church also. Accordingly an edifice was put up at Cameron, at a cost of
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