Official Name: | Eden, Illinois |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Illinois#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Illinois |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Randolph |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 535 |
Coordinates: | 38.1206°N -89.6675°W |
Area Code: | 618 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 407764 |
Eden is an unincorporated community in Randolph County, Illinois, United States. Eden is located at the junction of Illinois Route 153 and Illinois Route 154, 1.9miles east of Sparta.[1]
The community is best known for supposedly containing a "station" (safe house) for escaped slaves along the Underground Railroad coming up from Chester on their way to Canada during the American Civil War.