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Opdyke was laid out in 1871, following construction of the St. Louis & Southeastern Railroad. The nearby, earlier town of Lynchburg was largely abandoned and moved to Opdyke.A part of the railroad investment in this area was funded by a mortgage of $4,525,000 by Calhoun & Opdyke of New York. The town is named for Opdyke. It is possible that the name of the village is all that they got out of the investment.
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Opdyke was laid out in 1871, following construction of the St. Louis & Southeastern Railroad.
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1895 - Opdyke
Op'dyke, a post-hamlet of Jefferson co., Ill., on the St. Louis & Southeastern Railroad, 7 1/ 2 miles S.E. of Mount Vernon. It has a church.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
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1906
Opdyke, a post-village of Jefferson co., Ill., on the Louisville and Nashville R., 7 1/ 2 miles SE. of Mount Vernon. Pop. 200.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
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Arthur Huston WARREN (19 April 1879, Opdyke, Illinois, USA - 1965, Pierce, Washington, USA)Walter HOTTENSEN (11/25/1919, Opdyke, Illinois, USA - , Queens, New York, USA)James Orval POWELL (20 October 1925, Opdyke, Illinois, USA - 16 June 1990, Mount Vernon, Illinois, USA)
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