Pronunciation Guide for Illinois Place Names

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Pronunciation Guide for Illinois Place Names
Donald E Brown
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[ 6 ] PRONUNCIATION OF CITIES AND VILLAGES IN ILLINOIS A Abingdon (Knox) AB-ing-duhn Adair (McDonough) uh-DAIR Adams (Adams) AD-uhmz Addieville (Washington) AD-di-vil Addison (Du Page) AD-di-suhn Aden (Hamilton) AY-den Adrian (Hancock) AY-dri-en Afolkey (Stephenson) ah-FOHL-kee Akin (FrankHn) AY-kin Albany (Whiteside) AWL-buh-nee Albers (Clinton) AL-bers Albion (Edwards) AL-bi-uhn Alden (McHenry) AWL-den Aledo (Mercer) uh-LEED-oh Alexander (Mor
...gan) AL-eg-ZAN-der Alexis (Warren) uh-LEK-sis Algonquin (McHenry) al-GAHN-kwin Alhambra (Madison) al-HAM-bruh Allendale (Wabash) AL-en-dayl Allentown (Tazewell) AL-en-town Allenville (Moultrie) AL-en-vil Allerton (Vermilion) AL-er-tuhn Alma (Marion) AL-muh Alpha (Henry) AL-fuh Alsey (Scott) AWL-si Alta (Peoria) AL-tah Altamont (Effingham) AL-tuh-mahnt Alton (Madison) AWL-tuhn Altona (Knox) al-TOH-nuh Alto Pass (Union) AL-toh-PASS Alvin (Vermilion) AL-vin Amboy (Lee) AM-boy Anchor (McLean) ANK-er Ancona (Livingston) an-KOH-nuh Andalusia (Rock Island) an-duh-LOOZ-yuh Andover (Henry) AN-doh-ver Anna (Union) AN-nuh Annapolis (Crawford) an-NAP-oh-lis Annawan (Henry) AN-uh-wahn Antioch (Lake) AN-ti-ahk Apple River (Jo Daviess) AP-puhl RIV-er Appleton (Knox) AP-puhl-tuhn Areola (Douglas) ahr-KOH-luh Arenzville (Cass) AHR-uhnz-vil t 7 1 Argenta (Macon) ahr-JEN-tuh Argo (Cook) AHR-goh Arlington (Bureau) AHR-ling-tuhn Arlington Heights (Cook) AHR-ling-tuhn HEYETS Armington (Tazewell) AHR-ming-tuhn Armstrong (Vermilion) AHRM-strong Aroma Park (Kankakee) uh-ROH-muh PAHRK Arrowsmith (McLean) AIR-roh-smith Arthur (Douglas) AHR-thuhr Ashkum (Iroquois) ASH-kuhm Ashland (Cass) ASH-luhnd Ashley (Washington) ASH-lee Ashmore (Coles) ASH-mohr Ashton (Lee) ASH-tuhn Assumption (Christian) uh-SUHMP-shuhn Astoria (Fulton) as-TOH-ri-uh Athens (Menard) AY-thenz Athensville (Greene) AY-thenz-vil Atkinson (Henry) AT-kin-suhn Atlanta (Logan) at-LAN-tuh Atterberry (Menard) AT-ter-ber-ri Atwater (Macoupin) AT-wah-ter Atwood (Piatt) AT-wood Auburn (Sangamon) AW-buhrn Augusta (Hancock) aw-GUHS-tuh Aurora (Kane) uh-ROHR-uh Ava (Jackson) AY-vuh Avena (Fayette) uh-VEE-nuh Aviston (Clinton) AY-vis-tuhn Avon (Fulton) AY-vahn B Bader (Schuyler) BAY-der Baileyville (Ogle) BAY-li-vil Balcom (Union) BAHL-kuhm Baldwin (Randolph) BAWLD-win Bardolph (McDonough) BAHR-dawlf Barnhill (Wayne) BAHRN-hil Barrington (Lake) BAIR-ring-tuhn Barry (Pike) BAIR-ri Barstow (Rock Island) BAHR-stoh Bartelso (Clinton) bahr-TEL-soh Bartlett (Cook) BAHRT-let Basco (Hancock) BAS-koh Batavia (Kane) buh-TAY-vi-uh Batchtown (Calhoun) BATCH-town Bath (Mason) BATH [ 8 ] Bayle City (Fayette) BAYL SIT-i Baylis (Pike) BAY-lis Beardstown (Cass) BEERDS-town Beason (Logan) BEE-suhn Beaucoup (Washington) BUHK-koo Beaverville (Iroquois) BEE-ver-vil Beckemeyer (Clinton) BEK-uh-meye-er Beecher (Will) BEE-cher Beecher City (Effingham) BEE-cher-SIT-ee Belknap (Johnson) BEL-nap Belle Prairie (Hamilton) BEL PRER-i Belle Rive (Jefferson) BEL REYEV Belleview (Calhoun) BEL-vu Belleville (Saint Clair) BEL-vil Bellflower (McLean) BEL-flow-er Bellmont (Wabash) BEL-mahnt Bellwood (Cook) BEL-wood Bclvidere (Boone) BEL-vi-deer Bement (Piatt) bee-MENT Benld (Macoupin) ben-ELD Bensenville (Du Page) BEN-sen-vil Benson (Woodford) BEN-suhn Bentley (Hancock) BENT-Ii Benton (Franklin) BEN-tuhn Berlin (Sangamon) BER-lin Berwick (Warren) BER-wik Berwyn (Cook) BER-win Bethalto (Madison) beth-AHL-toh Bethany (Moultrie) BETH-uh-nee Beverly (Adams) BEV-er-lee Bible Grove (Clay) BEYE-buhl GROHV Biggsville (Henderson) BIGS-vil Big Rock (Kane) BIG ROK Bingham (Fayette) BING-uhm Birds (Lawrence) BIRDS Birkbeck (DeWitt) BIRK-bek Birmingham (Schuyler) BIR-ming-ham Bishop Hill (Henry) BISH-uhp HIL Bismarck (Vermilion) BIZ-mahrk Black Hawk (Carroll) BLAK-hawk Blackstone (Livingston) BLAK-stohn Blairsville (Williamson) BLAIRZ-vil Blandinsville (McDonough) BLAN-dinz-vil Bloomingdale (Du Page) BLOOM-ing-dayl Bloomington (McLean) BLOOM-ing-tuhn Blue Island (Cook) BLOO EYE-luhnd Blue Mound (Macon) BLOO MOWND Bluffs (Scott) BLUHFS [ 9 1 Bluff Springs (Cass) BLUHF SPRINGS Bluford (Jefferson) BLOO-fuhrd Boaz (Massac) BOHZ Bogota (Jasper) buh-GOH-tuh Boles (Johnson) BOHLS Bondville (Champaign) BOND-vil Bone Gap (Edwards) BOHN GAP Bonfield (Kankakee) BAHN-feeld Bonnie (Jefferson) BAH-nee Boody (Macon) BOO-dee Borton (Edgar) BOR-tuhn Boulder (Clinton) BOHL-der Bourbon (Douglas) BUHR-buhn Bourbonnais (Kankakee) buhr-BOHN-nis Bowen (Hancock) BOH-uhn Braceville (Grundy) BRAYC-vil Bradford (Stark) BRAD-ferd Bradley (Kankakee) BRAD-lee Braidwood (Will) BRAYD-wood Bremen (Randolph) BREE-men Breese (Clinton) BREEZ Bridgeport (Lawrence) BRIJ-pohrt Brighton (Macoupin) BREYE-tuhn Brimfield (Peoria) BRIM-feeld Bristol (Kendall) BRIS-tuhl Broadlands (Champaign) BRAWD-lands Broadwell (Logan) BRAWD-wel Brocton (Edgar) BROK-tuhn Brookfield (Cook) BROOK-feeld Brooklyn (Schuyler) BROOK-lin Brookport (Massac) BROOK-pohrt Broughton (Hamilton) BROH-tuhn Brownfield (Pope) BROWN-feeld Browning (Schuyler) BROWN-ing Browns (Edwards) BROWNS Brownstown (Fayette) BROWNS-town Bruce (Moultrie) BROOS Brussels (Calhoun) BRUHS-sels Bryant (Fulton) BREYE-uhnt Buckingham (Kankakee) BUHK-ing-ham Buckley (Iroquois) BUHK-lee Buckner (Franklin) BUHK-ner Buda (Bureau) BU-duh Buffalo (Sangamon) BUHF-uh-loh Buffalo Hart (Sangamon) BUHF-uh-loh HAHRT Buffalo Prairie (Rock Island) BUHF-uh-loh PRAIR-ee Bulpitt (Christian) BOOL-pit [ 10 ] Buncombe (Johnson) BUHN-kuhm Bunker Hill (Macoupin) BUN-kuhr HILL Bureau (Bureau) BU-roh Burksville (Monroe) BERKS-vil Burlington (Kane) BER-ling-tuhn Burnside (Hancock) BERN-seyed Burnt Prairie (White) BERNT PRAIR-ee Bushnell (McDonough) BOOSH-nel Bushton (Coles) BOOSH-tuhn Butler (Montgomery) BUHT-ler Byron (Ogle) BEYE-ruhn Cabery (Ford) KAY-bree Cache (Alexander) KASH Cadwell (Moultrie) KAD-wel Cahokia (Saint Clair) kuh-HOH-kee-uh Cairo (Alexander) KAIR-oh Caledonia (Boone) kal-uh-DOH-nyuh Calhoun (Richland) kal-HOON Calumet City (Cook) KAL-u-MET SIT-ee Calvin (White) KAL-vin Camargo (Douglas) kuh-MAHR-goh Cambria (Williamson) KAYM-bree-uh Cambridge (Henry) KAYM-brij Camden (Schuyler) KAM-duhn Cameron (Warren) KAM-uhr-uhn Campbell Hill (Jackson) KAM-uhl HIL Campgrove (Marshall) KAMP-GROHV Camp Point (Adams) KAMP POINT Campus (Livingston) KAM-puhs Canton (Fulton) KAN-tuhn Cantrall (Sangamon) KAN-truhl Capron (Boone) KAY-pruhn Carbon Cliff (Rock Island) KAHR-buhn KLIF Carbondale (Jackson) KAHR-buhn-dayl Carlinville (Macoupin) KAHR-lin-vil Carlock (McLean) KAHR-lok Carlyle (Clinton) kahr-LEYEL Carman (Henderson) KAHR-muhn Carmi (White) KAHR-meye Carpenter (Madison) KAHR-puhn-ter Carpentersville (Kane) KAHR-puhn-terz-vil Carrier Mills (Saline) KAIR-yer MILS CarroUton (Greene) KAIR-uhl-tuhn Carterville (Williamson) KAHR-ter-vil Carthage (Hancock) KAHR-thej [11] Cartter (Marion) KAHR-ter Gary (McHenry) KAIR-ee Casey (Clark) KAY-zee Caseyville (Saint Clair) KAY-see-vil Castleton (Stark) KAS-uhl-tuhn Catlin (Vermilion) KAT-luhn Cave in Rock (Hardin) KAYV-in-RAHK Cayuga (Livingston) kay-YU-guh Cazenovia (Woodford) kaz-uh-NOH-vee-uh Cedar Point (La Salle) SEE-der POYNT Cedarville (Stephenson) SEE-duhr-vil Centerville Station (Saint Clair) SEN-tuhr-vil STAY-shuhn Centralia (Marion) sen-TRAYL-yuh Cerro Gordo (Piatt) SAIR-uh GOR-doh Chadwick (Carroll) CHAD-wik Chambersburg (Pike) CHAYM-buhrz-buhrg Champaign (Champaign) sham-PAYN Chana (Ogle) CHAY-nuh Chandlerville (Cass) CHAN-dler-vil Channahon (Will) SHAN-nuh-hon Chanute Field (Champaign) shuh-NOOT FEELD Chapin (Morgan) CHAY-puhn Charleston (Coles) CHAHRLZ-tuhn Chatham (Sangamon) CHAT-uhm Chatsworth (Livingston) CHATS-wuhrth Chauncey (Lavi^rence) CHAWN-see Chautauqua (Jersey) shuh-TAWK-wuh Chebanse (Iroquois) shuh-BANCE Chemung (McHenry) shuh-MUHNG Cheneyville (Vermilion) CHEE-nee-vil Chenoa (McLean) shuh-NOH-uh Cherry (Bureau) CHAIR-ree Cherry Valley (Winnebago) CHAIR-ree VAL-lee Chester (Randolph) CHES-tuhr Chesterfield (Macoupin) CHES-tuhr-feeld Chesterville (Douglas) CHES-tuhr-vil Chestnut (Logan) CHES-nuht Chicago (Cook) shi-KAW-goh Chicago Heights (Cook) shi-KAW-goh HEYETS Chicago Ridge (Cook) shi-KAW-goh RIJ Chillicothe (Peoria) chil-uh-KAW-thee Chrisman (Edgar) KRIS-muhn Christopher (Franklin) KRIS-tuh-fuhr Cicero (Cook) SIS-uh-roh Cisco (Piatt) SIS-koh Cisne (Wayne) SIS-nee Cissna Park (Iroquois) SIS-nuh-PAHRK [ 12 ] Clare (DeKalb) KLAIR Claremont (Richland) KLAIR-mahnt Clarence (Ford) KLAIR-uhns Clarendon Hills (Du Page) KLAIR-uhn-duhn HILZ Clay City (Clay) KLAY SIT-ee Clayton (Adams) KLAY-tuhn Claytonville (Iroquois) KLAY-tuhn-vil Clifton (Iroquois) KLIF-tuhn Clinton (DeWitt) KLIN-tuhn Cloverdale (Du Page) KLOH-vuhr-dayl Coal City (Grundy) KOHL SIT-ee Coal Valley (Rock Island) KOHL VAL-lee Coatsburg (Adams) KOHTS-buhrg Cobden (Union) KAHB-duhn Coello (Franklin) koh-EL-loh Coffeen (Montgomery) KAWF-feen Colchester (McDonough) KAHL-ches-ter Coleta (Whiteside) koh-LEE-tuh Colfax (McLean) KOHL-faks Collinsville (Madison) KAHL-inz-vil Collison (Vermilion) KAHL-i-suhn Colmar (McDonough) KAHL-mer Colona (Henry) kuh-LOH-nuh Colp (Williamson) KUHLP Columbia (Monroe) kuh-LUHM-bee-uh Columbus (Adams) kuh-LUHM-buhs Colusa (Hancock) koh-LOO-suh Compton (Lee) KAHM-tuhn Conant (Perry) KOH-nuhnt Concord (Morgan) KAHN-kuhrd Congerville (Woodford) KAHN-guhr-vil Congress Park (Cook) KAHN-gruhs PAHRK Cooksville (McLean) KOOKS-vil Cooperstown (Brown) KOOP-ers-town Cora (Jackson) KOH-ruh Cordova (Rock Island) kor-DOH-vuh Cornell (Livingston) kor-NEL Cornland (Logan) KORN-luhnd Cortland (DeKalb) KORT-luhnd Cottage Hills (Madison) KAH-tuhj HILZ Coulterville (Randolph) KOHL-tuhr-vil Cowden (Shelby) KOW-duhn Cowling (Wabash) KOWL-ing Creal Springs (Williamson) KREEL SPRINGS Crescent City (Iroquois) KRES-uhnt SIT-ee Creston (Ogle) KRES-tuhn Crete (Will) KREET Creve Coeur (Peoria) KREEV KOOR [ 13 ] Cropsey (McLean) KRAHP-see Crossville (White) KRAWS-vil Crystal Lake (McHenry) KRIS-tuhl LAYK Cuba (Fulton) KU-buh Cullom (Livingston) KUHL-uhm Curran (Sangamon) KUHR-uhn Custer Park (Will) KUHS-ter PAHRK Cutler (Perry) KUHT-ler Cypress (Johnson) SEYE-pruhs Dahinda (Knox) duh-HIN-duh Dahlgren (Hamilton) DAL-gren Dakota (Stephenson) duh-KOH-tuh Dale (Hamilton) DAYL Dallas City (Hancock) DAL-uhs SIT-ee Dalton City (Moultrie) DAWL-tuhn SIT-ee Dalzell (Bureau) del-ZEL Dana (La Salle) DAY-nuh Danforth (Iroquois) DAN-ferth Danvers (McLean) DAN-verz Danville (Vermilion) DAN-vil Darwin (Clark) DAHR-win Davis (Stephenson) DAY-vis Davis Junction (Ogle) DAY-vis JUHNK-shuhn Daw^son (Sangamon) DAW-suhn Dayton (La Salle) DAY-tuhn Decatur (Macon) dee-KAY-ter Decorra (Henderson) duh-KOHR-ruh Deer Creek (Tazewell) DEER KREEK Deerfield (Lake) DEER-feeld Deer Grove (Whiteside) DEER GROHV Deer Plain (Calhoun) DEER PLAYN DeKalb (DeKalb) duh-KALB Delafield (Hamilton) DEL-uh-feeld DeLand (Piatt) duh-LAND Delavan (Tazewell) DEL-uh-vuhn Delhi (Jersey) DEL-HEYE DeLong (Knox) duh-LAWNG Del Rey (Iroquois) del-RAY Dennison (Clark) DEN-i-suhn Denver (Hancock) DEN-ver Depue (Bureau) dee-PU DeSoto (Jackson) dee-SOH-tuh Des Plaines (Cook) des-PLAYNZ Detroit (Pike) dee-TROYT Dewey (Champaign) DOO-ee [ 14 ] DeWitt (DeWitt) duh-WIT Dieterich (Effingham) DEE-tuh-rik Divernon (Sangamon) deye-VER-nuhn Dix (Jefferson) DIKS Dixon (Lee) DIKS-uhn Dixon Springs (Pope) DIKS-uhn SPRINGS Dolton (Cook) DOHL-tuhn Dongola (Union) don-GOH-lah Donnellson (Montgomery) DON-nel-suhn Donovan (Iroquois) DAHN-uh-vuhn Dorchester (Macoupin) DOR-ches-ter Dorsey (Madison) DOR-see Douglas (Knox) DUHG-luhs Dover (Bureau) DOH-ver Dow (Jersey) DOW Dowell (Jackson) DOW-uhl Downers Grove (Du Page) dow-nerz-GROHV Downey (Lake) DOW-nee Downs (McLean) DOWNZ Dubois (Washington) DOO-boyz Dudley (Edgar) DUHD-lee Dundas (Richland) DUHN-duhs Dundee (Kane) duhn-DEE Dunfermline (Fulton) duhn-FIRM-lin Dunlap (Peoria) DUHN-lap Dupo (Saint Clair) DOO-poh Du Quoin (Perry) doo-KOYN Durand (Winnebago) du-RAND Dwight (Livingston) DWEYET Eagerville (Macoupin) EE-ger-vil Earlville (La Salle) ERL-vil East Alton (Madison) eest-AWL-tuhn East Carondelet (Saint Clair) eest-kair-on-de-LET East Dubuque (Jo Daviess) eest-duh-BUK East Galesburg (Knox) eest-GAYLS-berg East Lynn (Vermilion) eest-LIN East Moline (Rock Island) eest-moh-LEEN Easton (Mason) EEST-uhn East Peoria (Tazewell) eest-pee-OH-ri-uh East Saint Louis (Saint Clair) eest-saynt-LOO-uhs Eaton (Crawford) EE-tuhn Eddyville (Pope) ED-ee-vil Edelstein (Peoria) ED-uhl-steen Eden (Peoria) EE-den Edgewood (Effingham) EJ-wood [ 15 ] Edinburg (Christian) ED-uhn-berg Edwards (Peoria) ED-werdz Edwardsville (Madison) ED-werdz-vil Effingham (Effingham) EF-ing-ham Egan (Ogle) EEG-uhn Eichorn (Hardin) EYE-korn Elburn (Kane) EL-bern Elco (Alexander) EL-koh El Dara (Pike) el-DAIR-uh Eldena (Lee) el-DEEN-uh Eldorado (Saline) el-doh-RAY-doh Eldred (Greene) EL-dred Eleroy (Stephenson) EL-roy Elgin (Kane) EL-jin Elizabeth (Jo Daviess) ee-LIZ-uh-beth Elizabethtown (Hardin) ee-LIZ-uh-beth-town Elkhart (Logan) ELK-hahrt Elkville (Jackson) ELK-vil Ellery (Edwards) EL-ree Elliott (Ford) EL-yuht Ellisgrove (Randolph) EL-lis-GROHV Ellisville (Fulton) EL-is-vil Ellsworth (McLean) ELZ-werth Elmhurst (Du Page) ELM-herst Elmwood (Peoria) ELM-wood El Paso (Woodford) el-PA^-oh Elsah (Jersey) EL-suh Elvaston (Hancock) EL-vuh-stuhn Elwin (Macon) EL-win Elwood (Will) EL-wood Emden (Logan) EM-den Emerson (Whiteside) EM-er-suhn Emington (Livingston) EM-ing-tuhn Emma (White) EM-uh Energy (Williamson) EN-er-jee Enfield (White) EN-feeld Eola (Du Page) ee-OH-luh Epworth (White) EP-werth Equality (Gallatin) ee-KWAL-i-tee Erie (Whiteside) EER-ee Esmond (DeKalb) EZ-muhnd Essex (Kankakee) ES-eks Eureka (Woodford) u-REE-kuh Evanston (Cook) EV-en-stuhn Evansville (Randolph) EV-uhnz-vil Evergreen Park (Cook) EV-er-GREEN PAHRK Ewing (Franklin) U-ing Exeter (Scott) EX-uh-ter [ 16 1 Fairbury (Livingston) FAIR-bair-ee Fairdale (DeKalb) FAIR-dayl Fairfield (Wayne) FAIR-feeld Fairgrange (Coles) FAIR-graynj Fairland (Douglas) FAIR-luhnd Fairmount (Vermilion) FAIR-mownt Fairview (Fulton) FAIR-vu Fancy Prairie (Menard) FAN-cee PRAIR-ee Fandon (McDonough) FAN-duhn Farina (Fayette) fuh-REYE-nuh Farmer City (DeWitt) FAHRM-er SIT-ee Farmersville (Montgomery) FAHRM-ers-vil Farmington (Fulton) FAHRM-ing-tuhn Fenton (Whiteside) FEN-tuhn Ferris (Hancock) FER-uhs Fiatt (Fulton) FEYE-uht Ficklin (Douglas) FICK-luhn Fidelity (Jersey) feye-DEL-uh-tee Fieldon (Jersey) FEELD-uhn Fillmore (Montgomery) FIL-mohr Filson (Douglas) FIL-suhn Findlay (Shelby) FIN-lee Fireworks (Saint Clair) FEYER-werks Fisher (Champaign) FISH-er Fithian (Vermilion) FITH-ee-uhn Flanagan (Livingston) FLAN-uh-guhn Flat Rock (Crawford) FLAT-rahk Flora (Clay) FLOH-ruh Florence Station (Stephenson) FLOR-uhns STAY-shuhn Flossmoor (Cook) FLOSS-mohr Foosland (Champaign) FOOS-luhnd Forest City (Mason) FOR-uhst SIT-ee Forest Park (Cook) FOR-uhst PAHRK Forrest (Livingston) FOR-uhst Forreston (Ogle) FOR-uhs-tuhn Forsyth (Macon) FOR-seyeth Fort Sheridan (Lake) FORT SHER-i-duhn Fountain Green (Hancock) FOWN-tuhn GREEN Fowler (Adams) FOWL-uhr Fox Lake (Lake) FOX LAYK Fox River Grove (McHenry) FOX-riv-er-GROHV Frankfort (Will) FRANK-fuhrt Frankfort Heights (Franklin) FRANK-fuhrt HEYETS Franklin (Morgan) FRANK-lin Franklin Grove (Lee) FRANK-lin GROHV [ 17 ] Franklin Park (Cook) FRANK-lin PAHRK Frederick (Schuyler) FRED-rik Freeburg (Saint Clair) FREE-berg Freeman Spur (Williamson) FREE-muhn SPUHR Freeport (Stephenson) FREE-pohrt Fulton (Whiteside) FOOL-tuhn Fults (Monroe) FUHLTS Galatia (Saline) guh-LAY-shuh Gale (Alexander) GAYL Galena (Jo Daviess) guh-LEE-nuh Galesburg (Knox) GAYLZ-berg Gait (Whiteside) GAWLT Galton (Douglas) GAWL-tuhn Galva (Henry) GAL-vuh Garden Prairie (Boone) GAHR-den PRAIR-ee Gardner (Grundy) GAHRD-ner Garrett (Douglas) GAIR-uht Gays (Moultrie) GAYZ Geff (Wayne) JEF Geneseo (Henry) jen-uh-SEE-oh Geneva (Kane) juh-NEE-vuh Genoa (DeKalb) juh-NOH-uh Georgetown (Vermilion) JAWRJ-town Gerlaw (Warren) GER-law Germantown (Clinton) JER-muhn-town German Valley (Stephenson) JER-muhn VAL-lee Gibson City (Ford) GIB-suhn SIT-ee Gifford (Champaign) GIF-ferd Gila (Jasper) GEYE-lah Gilberts (Kane) GIL-berts Gillespie (Macoupin) guh-LIS-pee Gilman (Iroquois) GIL-muhn Gilson (Knox) GIL-suhn Girard (Macoupin) juh-RAHRD Gladstone (Henderson) GLAD-stohn Glasford (Peoria) GLAS-ferd Glasgow (Scott) GLAS-koh Glenarm (Sangamon) GLEN-ahrm Glen Carbon (Madison) GLEN KAHR-buhn Glencoe (Cook) GLEN-koh Glendale (Pope) GLEN-dayl Glen Ellyn (Du Page) GLEN-EL-uhn Glenview (Cook) GLEN-vu Glenwood (Cook) GLEN-wood Godfrey (Madison) GOD-free [ 18 ] Golconda (Pope) gahl-KON-duh Golden (Adams) GOHLD-uhn Golden Eagle (Calhoun) GOHLD-uhn EE-guhl Goldengate (Wayne) GOHL-den-GAYT Golf (Cook) GOLF Goodenow (Will) GOOD-now Goodfield (Woodford) GOOD-feeld Good Hope (McDonough) GOOD-hohp Goodwine (Iroquois) GOOD-weyen Goreville (Johnson) GOHR-vil Gorham (Jackson) GOHR-(h)uhm Grafton (Jersey) GRAF-tuhn Grand Chain (Pulaski) grand-CHAYN Grand Detour (Ogle) GRAN-dee-tour Grand Ridge (La Salle) grand-RIDJ Grand Tower (Jackson) grand-TOW-er Granite City (Madison) GRAN-it SIT-ee Grant Park (Kankakee) GRANT PAHRK Grantsburg (Johnson) GRANTS-berg Granville (Putnam) GRAN-vil Grape Creek (Vermilion) GRAYP KREEK Graymont (Livingston) GRAY-mont Grayslake (Lake) GRAYZ-LAYK Grayville (White) GRAY-vil Great Lakes (Lake) GRAYT LAYKS Greenbush (Warren) GREEN-boosh Greenfield (Greene) GREEN-feeld Greenup (Cumberland) GREEN-uhp Green Valley (Tazewell) GREEN VAL-lee Greenview (Menard) GREEN-vu Greenville (Bond) GREEN-vil Gridley (McLean) GRID-lee Griggsville (Pike) GRIGZ-vil Groveland (Tazewell) GROHV-luhnd Gurnee (Lake) guhr-NEE Guthrie (Ford) GUHTH-ree H Hagarstown (Fayette) HAY-gerz-town Hagener (Cass) HAY-guh-ner Haldane (Ogle) HAWL-dayn Hallsville (DeWitt) HAWLZ-vil Hamburg (Calhoun) HAM-berg Hamilton (Hancock) HAM-il-tuhn Hamletsburg (Pope) HAM-luhtz-berg Hammond (Piatt) HAM-muhnd Hampshire (Kane) HAMP-shuhr [ 19 ] Hampton (Rock Island) HAMP-tuhn Hanna City (Peoria) HAN-nuh SIT-ee Hanover (Jo Daviess) HAN-oh-ver Harco (Saline) HAHR-koh Hardin (Calhoun) HAHR-din Harmon (Lee) HAHR-muhn Harrisburg (Saline) HAIR-uhs-berg Harristown (Macon) HAIR-uhs-town Hartford (Madison) HAHRT-fuhrd Hartland (McHenry) HAHRT-luhnd Hartsburg (Logan) HAHRTZ-berg Harvard (McHenry) HAHR-verd Harvel (Montgomery) HAHR-vuhl Harvey (Cook) HAHR-vee Havana (Mason) huh-VAN-uh Hazel Crest (Cook) 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(Carroll) LAN-ahrk Lancaster (Wabash) LAN-kas-ter Lane (DeWitt) LAYN Lanesville (Sangamon) LAYNZ-vil Langleyville (Christian) LANG-lee-vil Lansing (Cook) LAN-sing La Place (Piatt) lah-PLAYCE La Prairie (Adams) luh-PRAIR-ee La Rose (Marshall) luh-ROHZ La Salle (La Salle) luh-SAL Latham (Logan) LAY-thuhm Laura (Peoria) LAW-ruh Lawndale (Logan) LAWN-dayl Lawrenceville (Lawrence) LAW-rens-vil Leaf River (Ogle) leef-RIV-er Lebanon (Saint Clair) LEB-uh-nuhn Lee (Lee) LEE Lee Center (Lee) lee-CEN-ter Leland (La Salle) LEE-luhnd Lemont (Cook) luh-MONT Lena (Stephenson) LEE-nuh Lenzburg (Saint Clair) LENZ-berg Leonore (La Salle) LEE-uh-nohr Lerna (Coles) LER-nuh Le Roy (McLean) luh-ROY Lewistown (Fulton) LOO-is-tuhn Lexington (McLean) LEKS-ing-tuhn [ 23 ] Liberty (Adams) LIB-er-ti Libertyville (Lake) LIB-er-ti-vil Lilly (Tazewell) LIL-ee Lima (Adams) LEYE-muh Lincoln (Logan) LING-kuhn Lincoln's New Salem (Menard) LING-kuhnz noo-SAY-luhm Lindenwood (Ogle) LIN-duhn-wood Lisbon (Kendall) LIZ-buhn Lisle (Du Page) LEYE-uhl Litchfield (Montgomery) LICH-feeld Literberry (Morgan) LEYE-ter-bair-ree Littleton (Schuyler) LIT-uhl-tuhn Little York (Warren) LIT-uhl-york Liverpool (Fulton) LIV-er-pool Livingston (Madison) LIV-ing-stuhn Loami (Sangamon) loh-AM-uh Lockport (Will) LOK-port Loda (Iroquois) LOH-duh Logan (Franklin) LOH-guhn Lomax (Henderson) LOH-max Lombard (Du Page) LAHM-bahrd London Mills (Fulton) LUHN-duhn MILS Long Point (Livingston) LAWNG-poynt Longview (Champaign) LAWNG-vu Loogootee (Fayette) LOH-guh-TEE Loraine (Adams) lor-AYN Loran (Stephenson) LOH-rahn Lostant (La Salle) LAWS-tuhnt Louisville (Clay) LOO-is-vil Lovejoy (Saint Clair) LUHV-joy Lovington (Moultrie) LUHV-ing-tuhn Lowder (Sangamon) LOW-der Lowpoint (Woodford) LOH-poynt Ludlow (Champaign) LUHD-loh Lyndon (Whiteside) LIN-duhn Lynn Center (Henry) LIN CEN-ter Lyons (Cook) LEYE-uhns M McClure (Alexander) mik-KLOOR McClusky (Jersey) mik-KLUHS-ki McConnell (Stephenson) mik-KON-uhl McHenry (McHenry) mik-HEN-ri McLean (McLean) mik-LAYN McLeansboro (Hamilton) mik-LAYNS-buhr-oh McNabb (Putnam) mik-NAB [24 ] McNoel (Massac) mik-NOHL Macedonia (Hamilton) mass-uh-DOH-nyuh Mackinaw (Tazewell) MAK-i-naw Macomb (McDonough) muh-KOHM Macon (Macon) MAY-kuhn Macoupin (Macoupin) muh-KOO-pin Madison (Madison) MAD-i-suhn Maeystown (Monroe) MAYZ-town Magnolia (Putnam) mag-NOHL-yuh Mahomet (Champaign) muh-HAH-met Makanda (Jackson) muh-KAN-duh Maiden (Bureau) MAHL-duhn Malta (DeKalb) MAHL-tuh Manchester (Scott) MAN-ches-ter Manhattan (Will) man-HAT-tuhn Manito (Mason) MAN-i-TOH Manlius (Bureau) MAN-li-uhs Mansfield (Piatt) MANS-feeld Manteno (Kankakee) man-TEEN-oh Manville (Livingston) MAN-vil Maple Park (Kane) MAY-puhl PAHRK Mapleton (Peoria) MAY-puhl-tuhn Maquon (Knox) muh-KWAHN Marblehead (Adams) MAHR-buhl-HED Marcelline (Adams) MAHR-suh-LEEN Marengo (McHenry) muh-REN-goh Marietta (Fulton) mair-ee-ET-uh Marine (Madison) muh-REEN Marion (Williamson) MAIR-i-uhn Marissa (Saint Clair) muh-RIS-suh Mark (Putnam) 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(Massac) muh-TRAHP-uh-lis Michael (Calhoun) MEYEK-uhl Middlegrove (Fulton) MID-duhl-grohv Middletown (Logan) MID-duhl-tuhn Midland City (DeWitt) MID-luhnd SIT-ee Midlothian (Cook) mid-LOHTH-ee-uhn Milan (Rock Island) MEYE-lan Milford (Iroquois) MIL-ferd Millbrook (Kendall) MIL-brook Mill Creek (Union) MIL-KREEK Milledgeville (Carroll) MIL-idj-vil Miller City (Alexander) MIL-ler SIT-ee Millington (Kendall) MIL-ing-tuhn Mill Shoals (White) MIL-SHOHLS Millstadt (Saint Clair) MIL-staht Milmine (Piatt) MIL-meyen Milton (Pike) MIL-tuhn Mineral (Bureau) MIN-uhr-uhl Minier (Tazewell) muh-NEER Minonk (Woodford) mi-NUHNK Minooka (Grundy) mi-NOOK-uh Mitchell (Madison) MIT-chuhl Moccasin (Effingham) MOK-kuh-sin Mode (Shelby) MOHD Modena (Stark) moh-DEE-nuh Modesto (Macoupin) moh-DES-toh Modoc (Randolph) MOH-DOK Mokena (Will) moh-KEEN-uh Moline (Rock Island) moh-LEEN Momence (Kankakee) moh-MENTS Monee (Will) moh-NEE Monica (Peoria) MON-i-kuh [ 26 1 Monmouth (Warren) MON-muhth Monroe Center (Ogle) muhn-ROH SEN-ter Monsanto (Saint Clair) mon-SAN-toh Montgomery (Kane) mont-GUHM-er-i Monticello (Piatt) MON-ti-SEL-oh Montrose (Effingham) MONT-rohz Mooseheart (Kane) MOOS-hahrt Moro (Madison) MOH-roh Morris (Grundy) MOR-ris Morrison (Whiteside) MOR-ris-suhn Morrisonville (Christian) MOR-ris-suhn-vil Morton (Tazewell) MOR-tuhn Morton Grove (Cook) MOR-tuhn GROHV Mossville (Peoria) MOSS-vil Mound City (Pulaski) MOWND SIT-ee Mounds (Pulaski) MOWNDS Mount Auburn (Christian) MOWNT AW-buhrn Mount Carmel (Wabash) MOWNT KAHR-mel Mount Carroll (Carroll) MOWNT KAIR-uhl Mount Clare (Macoupin) MOWNT KLAIR Mount Erie (Wayne) MOWNT EER-i Mount Morris (Ogle) MOWNT MOR-ris Mount Olive (Macoupin) MOWNT AH-liv Mount Prospect (Cook) MOWNT PRAWS-pekt Mount Pulaski (Logan) MOWNT puh-LAS-kee Mount Sterling (Brown) MOWNT STER-ling Mount Vernon (Jefferson) MOWNT VER-nuhn Mount Zion (Macon) MOWNT ZEYE-uhn Moweaqua (Shelby) moh-WEEK-wuh Mozier (Calhoun) MOH-zhoor Muddy (Saline) MUHD-dee~ Mulberry Grove (Bond) MUHL-buhr-ee GROHV Mulkeytown (Franklin) MUHL-kee-town Muncie (Vermilion) MUHN-see Mundelein (Lake) MUHN-duh-leyen Murdock (Douglas) MUHR-dok Murphysboro (Jackson) MUHR-fees-buhr-oh Murrayville (Morgan) MUHR-ray-vil N Nachusa (Lee) nah-CHOO-suh Nameoki (Madison) NAM-ee-oh-kee Naperville (Du Page) NAY-per-vil Naples (Scott) NAY-puhls Nashville (Washington) NASH-vil Nason (Jefferson) NAY-suhn [ 17 1 National Stock Yards (Saint Clair) NASH-uhn-uhl STOK yahrds Natrona (Mason) nay-TROHN-uh Nauvoo (Hancock) nah-VOO Nebo (Pike) NEE-boh Nelson (Lee) NEL-suhn Neoga (Cumberland) nee-OH-guh Neponset (Bureau) nee-PAHN-set Newark (Kendall) NU-ahrk New Athens (Saint Clair) NU AY-thuhns New Baden (Clinton) NU BAY-duhn New Bedford (Bureau) NU BED-ferd New Berlin (Sangamon) NU BER-lin New Boston (Mercer) NU BAWS-tuhn New Burnside (Johnson) NU BERN-seyed New Canton (Pike) NU KAN-tuhn New Douglas (Madison) NU DUHG-luhs New Haven (Gallatin) NU HAY-vuhn New Holland (Logan) NU HOL-luhnd New Lenox (Will) NU LEN-uhks New Liberty (Pope) NU LIB-uhr-tee Newman (Douglas) NU-muhn New Memphis (Clinton) NU MEM-fis New Minden (Washington) NU MIN-duhn New Philadelphia (McDonough) NU FIL-uh-DEL-fi-uh New Salem (Pike) NU SAY-luhm Newton (Jasper) NU-tuhn New Windsor (Mercer) NU WIN-zuhr Niantic (Macon) neye-AN-tik Nilwood (Macoupin) NIL-wood Niota (Hancock) neye-OH-tuh Noble (Richland) NOH-buhl Nokomis (Montgomery) nuh-KOH-mis Nora (Jo Daviess) NOH-ruh Normal (McLean) NOR-muhl Normandy (Bureau) NOR-muhn-dee Norris (Fulton) NOR-ris Norris City (White) NOR-is SIT-ee North Aurora (Kane) NORTH uh-ROHR-uh Northbrook (Cook) NORTH-brook North Chicago (Lake) NORTH shi-CAW-goh Northfield (Cook) NORTH-feeld North Henderson (Mercer) NORTH HEN-der-suhn Oak (Pope) OHK Oakdale (Washington) OHK-dayl [ 28 1 Oakford (Menard) OHK-ferd Oak Forest (Cook) OHK FOR-uhst Oakglen (Cook) OHK GLEN Oak Hill (Peoria) OHK HIL Oakland (Coles) OHK-luhnd Oaklawn (Cook) OHK-LAWN Oakley (Macon) OHK-lee Oak Park (Cook) OHK PAHRK Oakwood 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with Bosco) Osman (McLean) AHZ-muhn Oswego (Kendall) os-WEE-goh Ottawa (La Salle) AHT-uh-wuh Owaneco (Christian) oh-WAHN-ee-koh Ozark (Johnson) OH-zahrk * [ 29 1 Padua (McLean) PAD-yu-uh Palatine (Cook) PAL-uh-teyen Palestine (Crawford) PAL-uhs-teyen Palmer (Christian) PAHL-muhr Palmyra (Macoupin) pal-MEYE-ruh Paloma (Adams) puh-LOHM-uh Pales Heights (Cook) PAY-luhs HE YETS Palos Park (Cook) PAY-luhs PAHRK Pana (Christian) PAY-nuh Panama (Montgomery) PAN-uh-mah Papineau (Iroquois) PAP-i-NAW Paris (Edgar) PAIR-is Parkersburg (Richland) PAHR-kerz-berg Park Ridge (Cook) PAHRK RIDJ Parnell (DeWitt) pahr-NEL Patoka (Marion) pa-TOH-kuh Patterson (Greene) PAT-er-suhn Pawnee (Sangamon) paw-NEE Pawpaw (Lee) PAW-paw Paxton (Ford) PAKS-tuhn Payson (Adams) PAY-suhn Pearl (Pike) PERL Pearl City (Stephenson) PERL SIT-ee Pecatonica (Winnebago) PEK-uh-TAHN-i-kuh Pekin (Tazewell) PEE-kin Penfield (Champaign) PEN-feeld Peoria (Peoria) pee-OH-ri-uh Peoria Heights (Peoria) pee-OH-ri-uh HEYETS Peotone (Will) PEE-uh-tohn Percy (Randolph) PER-see Perks (Pulaski) PERKS Perry (Pike) PAIR-ree Peru (La Salle) puh-ROO Pesotum (Champaign) puh-SOH-tuhm Petersburg (Menard) PEE-terz-berg Philadelphia (Cass) FIL-uh-DEL-fee-uh Philo (Champaign) FEYE-loh Piasa (Macoupin) PEYE-sah Pierron (Bond) peer-RON Pierson Station (Piatt) PEER-suhn STAY-shun Pinckneyville (Perry) PINK-nee-vil Pinkstaff (Lawrence) PINK-staf Piopolis (Hamilton) PEYE-ah-pluhs Piper City (Ford) PEYE-per SIT-ee Pisgah (Morgan) PIZ-guh Pittsburg (Williamson) PITS-berg [ 30 ] Pittsfield (Pike) PITS-feeld Pittwood (Iroquois) PIT-wood Plainfield (Will) PLAYN-feeld Plainview (Macoupin) PLAYN-vu Plainville (Adams) PLAYN-vil Piano (Kendall) PLAY-noh Plato Center (Kane) PLAY-toh SEN-ter Pleasant Hill (Pike) PLEZ-ent HIL Pleasant Mound (Bond) PLEZ-ent MOWND Pleasant Plains (Sangamon) PLEZ-ent PLAYNZ Plymouth (Hancock) PLIM-uhth Pocahontas (Bond) poh-kuh-HAHN-tuhs Polo (Ogle) POH-loh Pomona (Jackson) pah-MOH-nah Pontiac (Livingston) PAHN-tee-ak Poplar Grove (Boone) PAHP-ler GROHV Port Byron (Rock Island) POHRT BEYE-ruhn Posen (Cook) POH-sen Posey (Clinton) POH-zee Potomac (Vermilion) puh-TOH-mik Prairie City (McDonough) PRAIR-ee SIT-ee Prairie du Rocher (Randolph) PRAIR-ee du-ROH-sher Prairie View (Lake) PRAIR-ee VU Preemption (Mercer) pree-EMP-shuhn Prentice (Morgan) PREN-tis Preston (Randolph) PRES-tuhn Princeton (Bureau) PRINS-tuhn Princeville (Peoria) PRINS-vil Prophetstown (Whiteside) PRAH-fets-town Prospect Heights (Cook) PRAHS-pekt HEYETS Pruett (Fayette) PROO-eht Pulaski (Pulaski) puh-LAS-kee Putnam (Putnam) PUHT-nuhm Q Quincy (Adams) KWIN-see Radford (Christian) RAD-ferd Radom (Washington) RAY-duhm Raleigh (Saline) RAH-lee Ramsey (Fayette) RAM-zee Randall (Knox) RAN-duhl Randolph (McLean) RAN-dolf Rankin (Vermilion) RAN-kin [ 31 ] Ransom (La Salle) RAN-suhm Rantoul (Champaign) ran-TOOL Rapatee (Knox) RAP-uh-TEE Rapids City (Rock Island) RAP-ids SIT-ee Rardin (Coles) RAIR-duhn Raritan (Henderson) RAIR-i-tuhn Ravinia (Lake) ruh-VIN-ee-yuh Ray (Schuyler) RAY Raymond (Montgomery) RAY-muhnd Red Bud (Randolph) RED-buhd Reddick (Kankakee) RED-dik Redmon (Edgar) RED-muhn Red Oak (Stephenson) RED OHK Reevesville (Johnson) REEVZ-vil Renault (Monroe) REE-nawlt Reno (Bond) REE-noh Renshaw (Pope) REN-shaw Reynolds (Rock Island) REN-uhldz Richmond (McHenry) RICH-muhnd Richton Park (Cook) RICH-ton PAHRK Richview (Washington) RICH-vu Ridge Farm (Vermilion) RIDJ FAHRM Ridgeville (Iroquois) RIDJ-vil Ridgway (Gallatin) RIDJ-way Ridott (Stephenson) REYE-dot Riggston (Scott) RIGS-ton Rinard (Wayne) REYE-nuhrd Ringwood (McHenry) RING-wood Rio (Knox) REYE-oh ~ Ripley (Brown) RIP-lee River Forest (Cook) RIV-er FOR-est River Grove (Cook) RIV-er GROHV Riverside (Cook) RIV-er-seyed Riverton (Sangamon) RIV-er-tuhn Roanoke (Woodford) ROH-uh-NOHK Robbins (Cook) RAHB-binz Robbs (Pope) RAHBZ Roberts (Ford) RAHB-erts Robinson (Crawford) RAHB-in-suhn Roby (Christian) ROH-bee Rochelle (Ogle) roh-SHEL Rochester (Sangamon) RAH-ches-tuhr Rockbridge (Greene) RAHK-brij Rock City (Stephenson) RAHK SIT-ee Rock Falls (Whiteside) RAHK FAWLZ Rockford (Winnebago) RAHK-ferd Rock Grove (Stephenson) RAHK GROHV Rock Island (Rock Island) RAHK EYE-luhnd [ 32 ] Rockport (Pike) RAHK-pohrt Rockton (Winnebago) RAHK-tuhn Rockwood (Randolph) RAHK-wood Rome (Peoria) ROHM Rondout (Lake) ROWN-dowt Roodhouse (Greene) ROOD-hows Rosamond (Christian) ROHZ-uh-muhnd Roscoe (Winnebago) RAHS-koh Rosebud (Pope) ROHZ-buhd Rose Hill (Jasper) ROHZ HIL Roselle (Du Page) roh-ZEL Roseville (Warren) ROHZ-vil Rosiclare (Hardin) ROHZ-i-KLAIR Rossville (Vermilion) ROSS-vil Round Grove (Whiteside) ROWND GROHV Round Lake (Lake) ROWND LAYK Roxana (Madison) roks-AN-uh Royal (Champaign) ROY-uhl Royalton (Franklin) ROY-uhl-tuhn Ruma (Randolph) ROO-muh Rushville (Schuyler) RUHSH-vil Russell (Lake) RUHS-uhl Rutland (La Salle) RUHT-luhnd Sadorus (Champaign) suh-DOH-ruhs Sailor Springs (Clay) SAY-lor SPRINGZ Saint Anne (Kankakee) SAYNT AN Saint Augustine (Knox) SAYNT AW-guhs-TEEN Saint Charles (Kane) SAYNT CHAHR-uhlz Saint David (Fulton) SAYNT DAY-vid Saint Elmo (Fayette) SAYNT EL-moh Saint Francisville (Lawrence) SAYNT FRAN-sis-vil Saint Jacob (Madison) SAYNT JAY-kuhb Saint James (Fayette) SAYNT JAYMZ Saint Joseph (Champaign) SAYNT JOH-zef Saint Libory (Saint Clair) SAYNT li-BOHR-ee Saint Marie (Jasper) SAYNT muh-REE Saint Peter (Fayette) SAYNT PEE-ter Salem (Marion) SAY-lem Sandoval (Marion) san-DOH-vuhl Sandusky (Alexander) san-DUHS-kee Sandwich (DeKalb) SAND-wich San Jose (Mason) SAN JOHZ Saunemin (Livingston) SAH-nuh-min Savanna (Carroll) suh-VAN-uh Savoy (Champaign) suh-VOY [ 33 ] Sawyerville (Macoupin) SAW-yer-vi] Saybrook (McLean) SAY-brook Scales Mound (Jo Daviess) SKAYLZ MOWND Scheller (Jefferson) SHEL-er Schiller Park (Cook) SHIL-er PAHRK Schuline (Randolph) SHOO-leyen Sciota (McDonough) SEYE-oh-tuh Scioto Mills (Stephenson) SEYE-oh-tuh MILZ Scott Field (Saint Clair) SKOT FEELD Scottland (Edgar) SKOT-luhnd Scottville (Macoupin) SKOT-vil Seaton (Mercer) SEET-uhn Seatonville (Bureau) SEET-uhn-VIL Secor (Woodford) SEE-kohr Seneca (La Salle) SEN-i-kuh Serena (La Salle) ser-EE-nah Sesser (Franklin) SES-er Seward (Winnebago) SOO-uhrd Seymour (Champaign) SEE-mohr Shabbona (DeKalb) SHAB-buh-nuh Shannon (Carroll) SHAN-nuhn Sharpsburg (Christian) SHAHRPS-berg Shattuc (Clinton) SHAT-tuhk Shawneetown (Gallatin) SHAW-nee-town Sheffield (Bureau) SHEF-feeld Shelbyville (Shelby) SHEL-bee-vil Sheldon (Iroquois) SHEL-duhn Sheridan (La Salle) SHAIR-i-duhn Sherman (Sangamon) SHER-muhn Sherrard (Mercer) sher-RAHRD Shipman (Macoupin) SHIP-muhn Shirland (Winnebago) SHIR-luhnd Shirley (McLean) SHIR-lee Shobonier (Fayette) SHOH-boh-NEER Shumway (Effingham) SHUHM-way Sibley (Ford) SIB-lee Sidell (Vermilion) SEYE-del Sidney (Champaign) SID-nee Sigel (Shelby) SIG-uhl Siloam (Adams) SEYE-LOHM Silvis (Rock Island) SIL-vis Simpson (Johnson) SIMP-suhn Sims (Wayne) SIMZ Skokie (Cook) SKOH-kee Smithboro (Bond) SMITH-buhr-oh Smithfield (Fulton) SMITH-feeld Smithshire (Warren) SMITH-sheyer Smithton (Saint Clair) SMITH-tuhn [ 34 ] Solon Mills (McHenry) SOH-luhn MILZ Somonauk (DeKalb) SAHM-uh-nok Soperville (Knox) SOH-per-vil Sorento (Bond) soh-RENT-oh South Beloit (Winnebago) SOWTH buh-LOYT South Elgin (Kane) SOWTH EL-jin South Holland (Cook) SOWTH HAH-luhnd South Pekin (Tazewell) SOWTH PEE-kin South Roxana (Madison) SOWTH roks-AN-uh South Standard (Macoupin) SOWTH STAN-derd South Wilmington (Grundy) SOWTH WIL-ming-tuhn Sparks Hill (Hardin) SPAHRKS HIL Sparland (Marshall) SPAHR-luhnd Sparta (Randolph) SPAHR-tuh Speer (Stark) SPEER Springerton (White) SPRING-er-tuhn Springfield (Sangamon) SPRING-feeld Spring Grove (McHenry) spring GROHV Spring Valley (Bureau) spring VAL-lee Standard (Putnam) STAN-derd Stanford (McLean) STAN-ferd Staunton (Macoupin) STAHN-tuhn Steeleville (Randolph) STEEL-vil Steger (Cook) STAY-ger Sterling (Whiteside) STER-ling Steward (Lee) STOO-wcrd Stewardson (Shelby) STOO-werd-suhn Stillman Valley (Ogle) STIL-muhn VAL-lee Stillwell (Hancock) STIL-wel Stockland (Iroquois) STAHK-luhnd Stockton (Jo Daviess) STAHK-tuhn Stonefort (Saline) STOHN-fert Stonington (Christian) STOHN-ing-tuhn Stoy (Crawford) STOY Strasburg (Shelby) STRAWZ-berg Strawn (Livingston) STRAWN Streator (La Salle) STREE-ter Stronghurst (Henderson) STRONG-herst Sublette (Lee) suhb-LET Sugar Grove (Kane) SHOO-ger GROHV Sullivan (Moultrie) SUHL-i-vuhn Summerfield (Saint Clair) SUHM-mer-feeld Summer Hill (Pike) SUHM-mer-HIL Summum (Fulton) SUHM-muhm Sumner (Lawrence) SUHM-ner Sutter (Hancock) SUHT-ter Swan Creek (Warren) SWAHN KREEK [ 35 ] Swansea (St.

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