Official Name: | Wanborough, Illinois |
Settlement Type: | Former settlement |
Pushpin Map: | Illinois |
Pushpin Label: | Wanborough |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Illinois |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Edwards |
Elevation Ft: | 492 |
Coordinates: | 38.3786°N -88.0917°W |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1808177 |
Wanborough is a former settlement in Edwards County, Illinois, United States. Wanborough was 2miles west of Albion.
The community was named after a Wanborough in England.[1] In the spring of 1826 Wanborough was the location of a short-lived socialist colony established upon the model of Robert Owen.[2]