Deers, Illinois

Deers, Illinois
Unincorporated community

Town sign for Deers, IL
Deers, Illinois
Deers, Illinois
Coordinates: 40°03′18″N 88°07′21″W / 40.05500°N 88.12250°W / 40.05500; -88.12250Coordinates: 40°03′18″N 88°07′21″W / 40.05500°N 88.12250°W / 40.05500; -88.12250
Country United States
State Illinois
County Champaign
Elevation 692 ft (211 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 217
GNIS feature ID 422611[1]

Deers is an unincorporated community in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. There are only two houses in Deers. There is a sign on a utility pole "Deers Population: Few". The grain elevator has been razed. Deers was formerly served by Norfolk and Western Railway, but that branch line was removed in 1991. Deers is southeast of Urbana.

A post office was established at Deers in 1887, and remained in operation until 1913.[2] The community's name honors Thomas Deer, a local pioneer.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ "Champaign County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  3. ↑ Callary, Edward (29 September 2008). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-252-09070-7.


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