Cave-In-Rock, IL

Cave-In-Rock is a village in Hardin County, Illinois, United States. Its principal feature and tourist attraction is nearby Cave-In-Rock, on the banks of the Ohio River. In 1816, the earliest known permanent white settlers arrived and started building a town near the cave. A newcomer can read Cave-In-Rock through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Cave-In-Rock comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. The town was originally known as Rock and Cave, Illinois, with a post office under this name. His men lured in gullible river travelers and then robbed and killed them. Cave-In-Rock is located in southeastern Hardin County and is bordered to the south by the Ohio River, which forms the state boundary with Kentucky.