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Wetaug, Illinois

Coordinates: 37°19′26″N 89°10′00″W / 37.32389°N 89.16667°W / 37.32389; -89.16667
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Wetaug, Illinois
Wetaug
Wetaug
Wetaug, Illinois is located in Illinois
Wetaug, Illinois
Wetaug, Illinois
Wetaug, Illinois is located in the United States
Wetaug, Illinois
Wetaug, Illinois
Coordinates: 37°19′26″N 89°10′00″W / 37.32389°N 89.16667°W / 37.32389; -89.16667
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyPulaski
Elevation358 ft (109 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code618
GNIS feature ID420979[1]

Wetaug is an unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Illinois, United States. Wetaug is located along Old U.S. Highway 51 south of Dongola and north of Ullin. The community, established in the mid-1850s as a stop along the Illinois Central Railroad, was named for Weatogue, Connecticut, though local folklore long suggested it had been named for a Cherokee chief who had died in the area during the Trail of Tears march in the late 1830s.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wetaug, Illinois
  2. ^ Edward Callary, Place Names of Illinois (University of Illinois Press, 2010), p. 372.