Welcome to Auburn ...
Although we found mention of Auburn during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Auburn was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
While we are confident that Auburn was located in Clark County, we don't know its actual location within the county.
We've added Auburn to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Auburn - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Auburn, please Contact Us.
The pronunciation of Auburn: AW-buhrn<2>
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Auburn might be (or was) located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
We believe that Auburn would be found within the (217) area code.
Adding Auburn to Our Gazetteer ...
Our notes show that the earliest dated mention that we've found for Auburn was on a map titled Rand McNally Map (1881).
We also found Auburn in the Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details about the above, see References and Mentions for Auburn on our Genealogy Page.
Communities Also Named Auburn ...
Using our Gazetteer, we have found that there are two Illinois communities named Auburn: This one is located in Clark County and the other is located in Sangamon County.
Beyond Illinois, there are 46 communities that are also named Auburn - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Prince Edward Island, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming (2).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Auburn.
Other Roadside Stops ...
Index of Cities, Towns and Villages for Illinois
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Clark County: www.clarkcountyil.org/
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Auburn and then turned west". While Auburn could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Auburn as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Auburn could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Auburn. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page. |