Shafter, Illinois

Shafter, Illinois
Unincorporated community
Shafter
Shafter
Coordinates: 39°00′49″N 89°11′06″W / 39.01361°N 89.18500°W / 39.01361; -89.18500Coordinates: 39°00′49″N 89°11′06″W / 39.01361°N 89.18500°W / 39.01361; -89.18500
Country United States
State Illinois
County Fayette
Township Shafter
Elevation 561 ft (171 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 618
GNIS feature ID 423179[1]

Shafter is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, Illinois, United States.[1]

Notable person

  • Arthur Roe, Illinois legislator and lawyer, was born in Shafter.[2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Shafter, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. 'American Legislative Leaders in the Midwest, 1911-1994,' Nancy Weatherly Sharp and James Roger Sharp, Green Wood Publishing Company: 1997, Biographical Sketch of Arthur Roe, pg. 207


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