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The settlement of Mason grew up around Fort Mason, which was established by the United States War Department as a front-line defense against Kiowa, Lipan Apache, and Comanche, on July 6, 1851. George W. Todd established a Fort Mason post office March 8, 1858, which became consigned to the civilian settlement on June 26, 1858. [6]
Mason County is bound on the south by the Sangamon River, and on the west by the Illinois River. These rivers join at the county's southwest tip. The soil covering much of Mason County is very sandy. This was formed during the melting of the Wisconsin Glacier about 10,000 years ago. Meltwater from the glacier deposited large amounts of sand in ...
Location of Mason County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Mason County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Mason County, Texas. There are one district and three individual properties listed on the National ...
Location of Mason County in Kentucky. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Mason County, Kentucky. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Mason County, Kentucky, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
Mason County is the name of several counties in the United States: Mason County, Illinois; Mason County, Kentucky, originally Mason County, Virginia (1788–1792) Mason County, Michigan; Mason County, Texas; Mason County, Washington; Mason County, West Virginia, originally Mason County, Virginia (1804–1863)
Matlock is the primary population center for the western part of Mason County, a sporadically populated logging area. The most notable sites are the church, food bank, general store, post office, local grange hall, and the Mary M. Knight school, grades kindergarten through senior high school.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Mason County, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.
Mason City is located in eastern Mason County at (40.202965, -89.696109 Illinois Route 10 passes through the city as Chestnut Street, leading east 19 miles (31 km) to Lincoln and west 8 miles (13 km) to Easton.