Vevay Park, Illinois
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Vevay Park is an
unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Illinois, United States. It is located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west-southwest of Casey, Illinois
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The community was established about 1869 by the Vandalia Railroad, and called "Long Point Station". Grant Pickett, who operated a pumping station for the railroad, renamed the town after his former home of Vevay, Indiana.[2]
A post office was established in 1883 and named "Vevay"; the name was changed to Vevay Park in 1887.[2]
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