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Chrisman, IL -- U.S. city in Illinois
Population (2000): 1318
Housing Units (2000): 597
Land area (2000): 0.731584 sq. miles (1.894793 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.731584 sq. miles (1.894793 sq. km)
FIPS code: 14273
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 39.804038 N, 87.675669 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 61924
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Chrisman

Chrisman may refer to:

  • Chrisman (surname)
  • Chrisman, Illinois, city in Edgar County, Illinois, United States
  • Chrisman, Ohio, unincorporated community in Madison County, Ohio, United States
Chrisman (surname)

Chrisman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Arthur Bowie Chrisman (1889–1953), American writer
  • Jack Chrisman (1928–1989), American drag racer
  • James Chrisman (1818–1881), American lawyer and politician
  • Marshall Chrisman (born 1933), American businessman and politician
  • Robert Chrisman (1937–2013), American poet, academic and writer
  • William Chrisman (1822–1897), American lawyer and politician

Usage examples of "chrisman".

Fatima led them around the nose of the shuttle as voices came from the shuttle's hatchway above calling to Chrisman and demanding to know what had happened.

The young man in uniform led Chrisman to the automobile and pushed him into the passenger side of the front seat while Fatima was getting into the driver's side.

The driver got out and opened the car door beside Chrisman, motioned him to move over, and got in beside him, his knife in his hand.

Delaney didn't want to let Mohammed have any of the sandwiches until Chrisman commented wryly, between bites of the dry bread and cheese, that the food might be poisoned, and then she wouldn't eat until she had seen the effect on Mohammed, even after Chrisman apologized and pointed out that it wouldn't make sense to poison them when they could be disposed of just as easily in other ways, and in any case they wouldn't take the chance of poisoning one of their own.

Finally, however, they had all eaten and drunk the cool, iceless, odd-tasting water, though Delaney had spit out a mouthful when Chrisman said, "Of course the water may be drugged to put us out—I'm sorry.