Cities, Towns, & Communities

Anderson County: Census

County Seat: Palestine

Community Name	Established	Namesake

Alderbranch (Alder Branch)	Bef. 1863 (when Post Office was established)	Located on the Alder Branch of Squirrel Creek (eleven miles southeast of Palestine)
Bethel
Blackfoot
Bradford
Brushy Creek	Abt. 1840
Cayuga
Cedar Creek and here
Cronin
Deanwright
Elkhart
Elmtown
Elmwood
Fosterville
Frankston
Greens Bluff
Harmony
Herring
Jarvis
Kossuth
Lakeview Assembly
Long Lake
Massey Lake
Montalba
Myrtle Springs and here		Nearby Myrtle Springs
Neches
Palestine and here	1846	Palestine, Illinois
Pert
Salmon
Slocum
Springfield	1875
Tennessee Colony
Todd City
Tucker
Ward
Wells Creek

GHOST TOWNS

Community Name	Established	Namesake
Houston (Fort Houston) Also visit here	1835	Gen. Sam Houston
Kickapoo Also visit here	Late 1840s	Kickapoo Indians
Magnolia Also visit here	1840s	Named for large Magnolia tree in the center of the townsite
Providence Also visit here	1858

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