Spoon River

Spoon River
River
The Spoon River at the community of Seville in Fulton County
Country United States
State Illinois
Source
 - location North of Modena, Stark County
 - elevation 661 ft (201 m)
 - coordinates 41°08′45″N 89°46′10″W / 41.14583°N 89.76944°W / 41.14583; -89.76944
Mouth Illinois River
 - location Near Havana, Fulton County
 - elevation 442 ft (135 m)
 - coordinates 40°18′25″N 90°04′14″W / 40.30694°N 90.07056°W / 40.30694; -90.07056Coordinates: 40°18′25″N 90°04′14″W / 40.30694°N 90.07056°W / 40.30694; -90.07056
Length 147 mi (237 km)
Map showing the Spoon River watershed

The Spoon River is a 147-mile-long (237 km)[1] tributary of the Illinois River in west-central Illinois in the United States. The river drains largely agricultural prairie country between Peoria and Galesburg. The river is noted for giving its name to the fictional Illinois town in the 1916 poetry work Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters, who was from Lewistown, which is near the river.

The river rises in two short forks near Kewanee in southern Henry County. The East and West forks join in northern Stark County, approximately 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Kewanee, and the combined stream meanders south and southwest through rural Stark, Knox and Fulton counties. The lower portion of the river passes through a scenic region of hills in Fulton County, and passes approximately 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Lewistown. The river joins the Illinois from the west opposite Havana, approximately 40 miles (64 km) downstream and southwest of Peoria.

The Rock Island Trail passes over the Spoon River 1.75 miles (2.82 km) northwest of Wyoming, Illinois.

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 13, 2011


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