New Burnside, Illinois
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New Burnside is a village in Johnson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 153 at the 2020 census.
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Tunnel Hill State Trail
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The Tunnel Hill State Trail is a bicycle trail running from Eldorado to Karnak, Illinois. The trail runs along the former bed of a part of the Cairo and Vincennes Railroad, a transportation unit led d
New Burnside, Illinois
…at 1,200 when the railroad ran through the middle of the town. The population decreased gradually after the railroad was abandoned. More recently, the Tunnel Hill State Trail for bicycles was built along the abandoned line. The village was founded in 1872, and was a Cairo and Vincennes Railroad boom-town. Much of its founding…
Tunnel Hill, high point and eponym of the Tunnel Hill State Trail