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This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Green's Switch. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Green's Switch.<1>

We found mention of Green's Switch as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Macon County, Illinois.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Green's Switch ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Green's Switch:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Green's Switch - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

The FIPS database contains an entry for Green's Switch.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 17/31498   (Place Name: Green's Switch)

County: Macon     (FIPS State/County: 17/115)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Green's Switch) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in  Macon County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Macon County.

Brettwood 
BullardsvilleLaPlace
  
Decatur JunctionMaryland Heights
Dowling 
 Outten
East Decatur 
 South Macon
FraserSouth Wheatland
 Suffern
Junction 
 Troutman
Knights 

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.