Two Truths and a Lie

Oblong, IL

Two of these are true. One we made up. Tap the lie.

1. 1

   Oblong's village board once voted to rename the town Rectangle, but a petition from residents kept the original name.

2. 2

   When Oblong incorporated in 1883, no one wanted to keep the name Henpeck, and Oblong was voted in unanimously.

3. 3

   Oblong was named for the naturally oblong-shaped prairie where the original town site sat.