Aden, Illinois

Aden, Illinois
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°14′30″N 88°27′30″W / 38.24167°N 88.45833°W / 38.24167; -88.45833Coordinates: 38°14′30″N 88°27′30″W / 38.24167°N 88.45833°W / 38.24167; -88.45833
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Hamilton
Elevation	400 ft (100 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	618
GNIS feature ID	422386^[1]

Aden is an unincorporated community in Hamilton County, Illinois, United States. Aden is 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Mill Shoals.

History

Aden was originally called Lower Hills.^[2] A post office was established at Lower Hills in 1875, and the post office was renamed Aden in 1894.^[3]

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Aden, Illinois
↑ Callary, Edward (29 September 2008). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-252-09070-7.
↑ "Hamilton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 7 November 2015.

Municipalities and communities of Hamilton County, Illinois, United States

County seat: McLeansboro

Cities	McLeansboro

Town	Belle Prairie City

Villages	Broughton Dahlgren Macedonia‡

Townships	Beaver Creek Crook Crouch Dahlgren Flannigan Knights Prairie Mayberry McLeansboro South Crouch South Flannigan South Twigg Twigg

Unincorporated communities	Aden Blairsville Braden Bungay Cornerville Dale Delafield Diamond City Flint Garrison Hoodville Lovilla Olga Piopolis Rural Hill Thackeray Thurber Tuckers Corners University Walpole West Rural Hill

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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