Country United States County Pope Area code(s) 618 Elevation 103 m | State Illinois Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6) GNIS feature ID 424606 Local time Tuesday 9:12 AM | |
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Bay City is an unincorporated community in Pope County, Illinois, United States. Bay City is located on the Ohio River 8 miles (13 km) south of Golconda.
Map of Bay City, Illinois 62938, USA
A general store, built in 1915, overlooks the river. The store is restored, and open weekends. Bed and breakfast rooms are upstairs. Riverboats of past decades were dependable local transportation, and would stop for passengers or freight if hailed from the shore.
Bay City's riverfront and buildings were utilized by Warner Bros. in filming the airplane crash scene used in the movie U.S. Marshals (1997).
Bay City is nine miles (14 km) north of the Smithland Lock and Dam.
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Bay City, Pope County, Illinois Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA