Shafter, Illinois

Unincorporated community in Illinois, United States
39°00′49″N 89°11′06″W / 39.01361°N 89.18500°W / 39.01361; -89.18500CountryUnited StatesStateIllinoisCountyFayetteTownshipShafterElevation
561 ft (171 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code618GNIS feature ID423179[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. ^ a b "Shafter, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  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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