Mazon
Encyclopedia
United States
- Mazon, IllinoisMazon, IllinoisMazon is a village in Mazon Township, Grundy County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,015 at the 2010 census. The center of population of Illinois is located in Mazon. Illinois' State Fossil, the unique and bizarre Tully Monster was first found in nearby Mazon Creek...
, a village - Mazon Township, Illinois
- Mazon Creek fossilsMazon Creek fossilsThe Mazon Creek fossil beds are a conservation found near Morris, in Grundy County, Illinois. The fossil beds are located in ironstone concretions, formed approximately in the mid-Pennsylvanian epoch of the Carboniferous period...
- Mazon RiverMazon RiverThe Mazon River or "Mazon Creek", is a tributary of the Illinois River in the United States. The confluence is near Morris, Illinois.The Mazon River is associated with the Mazon Creek fossils of the Francis Creek Shale, which are also exposed in strip mines and quarries near the River...
Other uses
- MAZON: A Jewish Response to HungerMAZON: A Jewish Response to HungerMAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger is an American nonprofit agency dedicated to preventing and alleviating hunger among people of all faiths and backgrounds...
, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting world hunger