Place:Allendale, Wabash, Illinois, United States

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NameAllendale
TypeVillage
Coordinates38.529°N 87.71°W
Located inWabash, Illinois, United States
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Allendale is a village in Wabash Precinct, Wabash County, Illinois. The population was 475 at the 2010 census.

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Allendale was founded in 1869, taking its name from Colonel C. M. Allen, a railroad official.

1989 tornado

On January 7, 1989, an F4 tornado leveled a good portion of the town of Allendale and injured 55 of its residents.[1] The tornado directly impacted Allendale's school, destroying the grade school portion, built in the 1960s. The high school portion, built in the late 1920s, withstood the storm with minimal damage, despite being condemned two years earlier due to lobbying by Mt. Carmel's District 348 in an attempt to usurp District 17. Relief funds paid to build a brand new school to be used by the elementary and middle school students of District 17.

Current Allendale

Today Allendale has about 500 residents with a First National Bank, a Cj's Fast Shop Gas Station and Convience Store, a United States Post Office, a Fire Station, and a Ruritan Hall.

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