Gazetteer/AlmanacFanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 75.Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States....CHARLESTON, p. t., Coles co., Ill., 78 ms. E. by S. of Springfield; from W. 707 ms. Pop. 2,262.TabsLinksCharleston, IL