Official Name: | Bourbonais, Illinois |
Settlement Type: | Former settlement |
Pushpin Map: | Illinois |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Illinois |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Bureau |
Elevation Ft: | 682 |
Coordinates: | 41.3436°N -89.6353°W |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1822630[1] |
Bourbonais is a former settlement in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. Bourbonais was located in Concord Township, along the Burlington railroad line southwest of Wyanet and northeast of Buda. It was platted in 1864.[2] It was named for a man of mixed French and Native American ancestry who had settled in this general area in 1820.