East Lynn is an unincorporated community in Butler Township

Butler Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

Butler Township is a township in Vermilion County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,154.-History:The township was formed from a portion of Middlefork Township in 1840 and was named after General Benjamin F...

, Vermilion County

Vermilion County, Illinois

Vermilion County is a county located in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Illinois, between the Indiana border and Champaign County. It was established in 1826 and was the 45th of Illinois' 102 counties...

, Illinois

Illinois

Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

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History

This town, founded in 1872, is said to have been named after the novel and play entitled "East Lynne

East Lynne

East Lynne is an English sensation novel of 1861 by Ellen Wood. East Lynne was a Victorian bestseller. It is remembered chiefly for its elaborate and implausible plot, centering on infidelity and double identities...

". The Methodist church was actually founded before the town, in 1869. The main trade was in grain. One man, Henry Ludden, filled several early roles in the town, as the first postmaster, the first station agent, and the first to operate a store.

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