Places
Below you fill find all funeral homes and cemeteries in or near Opdyke.
Suburbs of Opdyke: Marlow.
Zip codes in the city: 62872.
Jefferson County funeral flowers can be purchased from one of the local funeral shops we partner with.
Funeral Homes near Opdyke
Centralia, IL 62801
Dahlgren, IL 62828
Mc Leansboro, IL 62859
Christopher, IL 62822
Dahlgren, IL 62828
Mc Leansboro, IL 62859
Centralia, IL 62801
Centralia, IL 62801
Odin, IL 62870
Mount Vernon, IL 62864
Fairfield, IL 62837
Ina, IL 62846
Mount Vernon, IL 62864
Benton, IL 62812
Dix, IL 62830
Centralia, IL 62801
West Frankfort, IL 62896
Benton, IL 62812
Salem, IL 62881
Wayne City, IL 62895
Tamaroa, IL 62888
West Frankfort, IL 62896
Facts about the city
Opdyke is a census-designated place in the southeastern part of Jefferson County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 254. 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.The original surveys of Illinois, made around 1800, show the Goshen Road passing through what is now the center of Opdyke in a north/south direction. The road was about a quarter mile east of the north/south section road that now forms the western boundary of the village. Few traces of this road now remain, and it is not clear if the road was still present at the time of the founding of the village.Opdyke formed as a village alongside the railroad tracks. The railroad is no longer a significant factor in the existence of the village, which now fronts on Illinois Route 142. Interstate 64 passes a mile north of the village, without an interchange.
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History
Opdyke was laid out in 1871, following construction of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Louis & Southeastern Railroad. Opdyke is an Unincorporated area community in the southeastern part of Jefferson County, Illinois County, Illinois, United States. The nearby, earlier town of Lynchburg was largely abandoned and moved to Opdyke. . .
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