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Goshen Road
Mt. Vernon,
IL ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
38° 19' 57",
-88° 55' 28.620012"
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Illinois State
Historical Marker
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The Goshen Road was one of the main arteries of travel in the early 1800's, when Illinois was frontier country. The road ran in a northwesterly direction from Shawneetown to Edwardsville -- a distance of more than 150 miles. Shawneetown and Edwardsville were two of the leading commercial towns in Illinois. In the vast area between these towns most of the early settlements were along the Goshen Road, which was three miles east of this point in Jefferson County. In 1821, after the county was organized, an alternate road was surveyed in order to pass through Mt. Vernon, the county seat.
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00 |
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Goshen Road Historical Marker Location Map, Mt. Vernon, Illinois Map
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