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==Geography== [[Image:Cave-in-rock IL.jpg|thumb|left|The Cave at [[Cave-in-Rock State Park]], the town namesake of Cave-in-Rock, Illinois]] Cave-In-Rock is located in southeastern Hardin County at {{Coord|37|28|12|N|88|9|59|W|type:city}} (37.470050, -88.166297).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is bordered to the south by the [[Ohio River]], which forms the state boundary with [[Kentucky]]. The [[Cave-In-Rock Ferry]] crosses the Ohio from Cave-In-Rock village to [[Crittenden County, Kentucky]], at a point {{convert|11|mi}} north of [[Marion, Kentucky|Marion]]. Cave-In-Rock is the southern terminus of [[Illinois Route 1]], which leads north from the ferry {{convert|326|mi}} to its northern terminus in [[Chicago]]. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Cave-In-Rock has a total area of {{convert|0.42|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|0.37|sqmi|km2|2}} (or 90.12%) is land and {{convert|0.04|sqmi|km2|2}} (or 9.88%) is water.<ref name="gaz2021">{{Cite web |publisher=United States Census Bureau |title=Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=Census.gov}}</ref> Cave-in-Rock is located in the driftless area of southern Illinois and features geographical differential erosions from the Upper Mississippian and [[Pennsylvanian (geology)|Lower Pennsylvanian]] ages.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Frankie |first=Wayne T. |last2=Jacobson |first2=Russell J. |date=October 21, 2006 |title=Guide to the Geology of Cave-In-Rock Area, Hardin County, Illinois |url=http://library.isgs.illinois.edu/Pubs/pdfs/ftgb/ftgb2006B-caveinrock.pdf |access-date=October 11, 2023}}</ref> Bluffs and ridges are generally sandstone, while valleys are from limestones and shales.<ref name=":0" /> Cave-in-Rock is near the [[Hicks Dome]].<ref name=":0" />
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