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Chamness, Illinois

Chamness, also known as "Chamnesstown," is a former unincorporated community in Williamson County, Illinois, that disappeared in the mid-1930s when the town was bulldozed for the construction of Crab Orchard Lake. The Lake was part of the Crab Orchard Impoundment Project and was begun as a W.P.A. pr

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ExperienceGhost Town, Haunted Woods
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Sources: Wikipedia: Chamness, Illinois, Wikidata Q5069833.

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Williamson County, IL

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