Shafter, Illinois

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

Shafter, Illinois
Shafter
Shafter
Coordinates: 39°00′49″N 89°11′06″W
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyFayette
TownshipShafter
Elevation
561 ft (171 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)618
GNIS feature ID423179[1]

Notable person

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

Notes

  1. "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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