Cave-In-Rock | |
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 Main Street of downtown Cave-In-Rock, Illinois in 2013 | |
 Location of Cave-In-Rock in Hardin County, Illinois. | |
.svg) Location of Illinois in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 37°28′12″N 88°9′59″W / 37.47000°N 88.16639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Hardin |
| Founded by | Earliest known permanent settlers arrived in 1816[1] |
| Named for | The Cave near the town |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.41 sq mi (1.07 km2) |
| • Land | 0.37 sq mi (0.97 km2) |
| • Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.11 km2) |
| Elevation | 390 ft (120 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 228 |
| • Density | 609.63/sq mi (235.65/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62919[4] |
| Area code | 618 |
| FIPS code | 17-11826 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2397577[3] |
| Wikimedia Commons | Cave-In-Rock, Illinois |
Cave-In-Rock is a village in Hardin County, Illinois, United States. Its principal feature and tourist attraction is nearby Cave-In-Rock, on the banks of the Ohio River. In 1816, the earliest known permanent white settlers arrived and started building a town near the cave. The town was originally known as Rock and Cave, Illinois, with a post office under this name. On October 24, 1849, the town was officially renamed Cave-In-Rock. Cave-In-Rock was incorporated as a village in 1901.[1][5] The population was 228 at the 2020 census.[6]
Beginning in the 1790s, Cave-in-Rock became a refuge stronghold for frontier outlaws, on the run from the law which included river pirates and highwaymen Samuel Mason and James Ford, tavern owner/highwayman Isaiah L. Potts, serial killers/bandits the Harpe brothers, counterfeiters Philip Alston, Peter Alston, John Duff, Eson Bixby, and the Sturdivant Gang, and the post-American Civil War bandit, Logan Belt.[7][8][9]
- ^ a b "Hardin County Illinois Online: History".
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
- ^ "Cave In Rock to celebrate Zip Code Day, Saturday 6.29.19". Hardin County Independent. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
- ^ Callary, Edward (2010). Place Names of Illinois. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press. p. 62. ISBN 9780252090707.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
- ^ Jackson, Shadrach L. (1888). "The Life of Logan Belt the Noted Desperado of Southern Illinois: A Complete Life History of the Most Daring Desperado Ever Know to Civilization; A True and Vividly Written Narrative". Cave-in-Rock, IL.
- ^ Jackson, Shadrach L. (1888). "The Life of Logan Belt the Noted Desperado of Southern Illinois: A Complete Life History of the Most Daring Desperado Ever Know to Civilization; A True and Vividly Written Narrative". Cave-in-Rock, IL.
- ^ ""Differing Stories About Logan Belt", The Southern Illinoisan Newspaper". Carbondale, IL: The Southern Illinoisan. February 1, 2001.