Cardiff
Ghost town · United States
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 41.052, -88.287
Why it was abandoned
⚒️ Mines & quarries
Detected automatically from the text: Founded as a coal mining town in 1899, it boomed in its first few years.
History
Cardiff is a ghost town in Livingston County, Illinois, United States. Founded as a coal mining town in 1899, it boomed in its first few years. The closure of the mine in 1912 soon led to the community's demise. It is located in Round Grove Township, between the villages of Campus and Reddick.