A sign on County Road 14, known as the Bernadotte blacktop, nine miles west of Lewistown, Illinois, is the only remnant.[2]
History
Illinois was experiencing rapid settlement during the early 1800s. The timeframe of Tuscumbia coincides with Abraham Lincoln's career. In 1838, Lincoln visited the county seat Lewistown nine miles east of the Tuscumbia area, extending the range of his law practice.
References
^Tuscumbia. paper town. In SE 1/4, Sec. 17 Bernadotte Twp. Platted in 1837 by Wade Hampton Davis (Heylin 692); perhaps named "for a Chickasaw Indian chief" (Gannett 306) Also name of postoffice (Adams 529)
^Historic Fulton County: Sights and Scenes—Past and Present, Printed by Mid-County Press, INC. 1973, Page 20
Further reading
A RAMBLER’S NOTES Lewistown Township, Kate Perry, Canton Weekly Register, January 11, 1906
Heylin, Jesse, ed. History of Fulton County Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co, 1908
Gannett, Henry, American Names: A guide to the origin of place names in the US (Washington: Public Affairs Press, 1947)
Adams, James, A List of Illinois Place Names, Illinois Libraries, Vol 50 nos 4,5,6 1968