What is "ashkum"

Population (2000): 724
Housing Units (2000): 321
Land area (2000): 0.819729 sq. miles (2.123088 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.819729 sq. miles (2.123088 sq. km)
FIPS code: 02479
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 40.881356 N, 87.952172 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 60911
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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