Saline Island (Kentucky)

	Saline Island
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Saline Mines, Kentucky
Coordinates	37°34′49″N 88°08′02″W / 37.58028°N 88.13389°W
Area	200 acres (81 ha)
Built	1864
MPS	Caught in the Middle: The Civil War on the Lower Ohio River MPS
NRHP reference No.	98001291
Added to NRHP	October 30, 1998

Saline Island, also known as Johnson Island, in the Ohio River near Saline Landing, Illinois, has historical significance in 1862 and 1864 during the American Civil War when it was used for incursion into Illionois. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[1]

It is located at the confluence of the Saline River with the Ohio River, at miles 865-67 of the latter, on the Illinois side of the river, but the island is part of Kentucky.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ James E. Jacobsen (March 20, 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Saline Island / Johnson Island / UN-32". National Park Service. Retrieved April 8, 2018. With two photos from 1997.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpdoc-2] James E. Jacobsen (March 20, 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Saline Island / Johnson Island / UN-32". National Park Service. Retrieved April 8, 2018. With two photos from 1997.

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