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Long Point, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 247
Housing Units (2000): 105
Land area (2000): 0.188000 sq. miles (0.486918 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.188000 sq. miles (0.486918 sq. km)
FIPS code: 44576
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 41.004685 N, 88.893690 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 61333
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Long Point

Long Point may refer to:

Australia
  • Long Point, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
Canada
  • Long Point, Ontario, a sand spit projecting into Lake Erie in Ontario
    • Long Point Biosphere Reserve, a United Nations designated area of 40,600 ha (terrestrial and marine)
    • Long Point National Wildlife Area, a federally administered area of 3,650 ha
    • Long Point Provincial Park, an Ontario Provincial Park of 150 ha
  • Long Point, Nova Scotia, a village
    • Long Point Provincial Park (Nova Scotia)
  • Long Point (Manitoba), a continuation of The Pas Moraine that extends some 50 kilometers into Lake Winnipeg
  • Longue Pointe (Québec), the farthest point north that can be reached by road in Québec
United States
  • Long Point, Illinois, a village
  • Long Point, Iowa, an unincorporated community
  • Long Point, Texas, an unincorporated community
  • Long Point (Cape Cod), a spit located at the tip of Cape Cod that extends into Cape Cod Bay, in the town of Provincetown, Massachusetts
    • Long Point Light, the historic lighthouse at the tip of Cape Cod
Long Point (Cape Cod)

Long Point is a peninsula located in Provincetown, Massachusetts, at the extreme tip of Cape Cod , as it curls back in on itself to create Provincetown Harbor. The Long Point Light was built on this point in 1827. The lighthouse once shared this peninsula with a settlement of fishermen that came to be known as Long Point, Massachusetts. This Provincetown village grew and thrived from 1818 until the late 1850s. When the settlers decided to leave Long Point, they took most of their houses with them – about 30 homes in all – by floating them across the harbor.

During the American Civil War, the military established a defensive coastal artillery post and garrison at this location. The Long Point Battery came to be known as "Fort Useless" and "Fort Ridiculous" among the local residents.

Today, Long Point is a ghost village – nothing remains, except for the lighthouse and an earthen mound, the last remnant from the earlier military post.

Usage examples of "long point".

A little way up the river the current was broken by a long point projecting from the bank, and forming an eddy easily crossed by the boat.