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Bone Gap is a village in Edwards County, Illinois, United States. The population was 181 at the 2020 census, down from 246 at the 2010 census.

Bone Gap village overview:
Name:	Bone Gap village
LSAD Code:	47
LSAD Description:	village (suffix)
State:	Illinois
County:	Edwards County
Elevation:	469 ft (143 m)
Total Area:	0.58 sq mi (1.51 km²)
Land Area:	0.58 sq mi (1.51 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	181
Population Density:	310.46/sq mi (119.89/km²)
ZIP code:	62815
Area code:	618
FIPS code:	1707224

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History

According to local historians, the Piankeshaw Indians established a village in the vicinity of modern Bone Gap prior to the arrival of permanent European settlers. This village was situated in a gap in the treeline. When the first permanent European settlers arrived in 1830, they found a large number of discarded animal bones left by the Piankeshaw inhabitants, and named the settlement “Bone Gap.”

Surnames among early settlers included Rude, Morgan, Knowlton, Phillips, Leach, Gibson, Rice, and Gould, the latter belonging to Methodist minister Ebenezer Gould. Many of the settlers came from northeastern states, and the community that developed became known as “Yankeetown.” This area, now known as “Old Bone Gap” as it was situated just east of the current village, consisted of a store, post office, doctor’s office, blacksmith shop, a Baptist church, and a Methodist parsonage. The current village of Bone Gap voted 38-7 to incorporate on March 29, 1892.

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Geography

Bone Gap is located in northeastern Edwards County 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Albion, the county seat. Illinois State Route 130 passes just to the west.

According to the 2010 census, Bone Gap has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.55 km), all land.