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Sunfield A Tale Of Two Names And A Mining Town
Sunfield grew from Diamond Town named for a coal mine owned by Jimmy Dick to a field of grain inspired name. The 1884 post office near Sun Coal and Cake Co. led to Sunfield, incorporated 1904 and unincorporated a year later. A seventh-eighth grade project in 1966 documented 12 families, mines, brick yard work, schools, churches, jails, and rail service, with profits funding street signs.
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Pam Arnold
Sunfield
du Quoin
Rt. 51
Diamond Town
Jimmy Dick
Sun Coal and Cake Company
Sunnyfield
Jackson
Morgan
Hoge
Quillman
Bishop
Revelle
Bailey
O'Keefe
Saunders
Terry
Texas
Lynfield
Perry County
Tameroa
Bailey Brothers
Bill Jackson
Pinckneyville
Sinfield
Gus Griffy
Randolph Bishop
George Dana
John Terri
Blind Tiger
Burley Greenwood
Bill Bishop
Ethel Bailey
Ethel