Hartford, Illinois

Hartford is a village in Madison County, Illinois, United States, near the mouth of the Missouri River. The population was 1,185 at the 2020 census. Lewis and Clark spent the winter of 1803-1804 here, near what has been designated the Lewis and Clark State Historic Site.

Underground gas leakage

Since multiple oil refineries have been in the area for lots of years, An estimate of 4 million gallons of gasoline have leaked into the ground below. The village filed a lawsuit on July 21 2008, for all the parties that were there.

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Category:Villages in Illinois