Eden, Randolph County, Illinois

Eden, Illinois
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°07′14″N 89°40′03″W / 38.12056°N 89.66750°W / 38.12056; -89.66750Coordinates: 38°07′14″N 89°40′03″W / 38.12056°N 89.66750°W / 38.12056; -89.66750
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Randolph
Elevation	535 ft (163 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	618
GNIS feature ID	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, 1.9 miles (3.1 km) east of Sparta.

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.

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