The Salt Fork is a tributary of the Vermilion River located in the Central Corn Belt Plains of Illinois. The Salt Fork owes its name to saline springs that provided natural salt licks for animals, and which were used for production of salt by Native Americans and early settlers. The springs were located about eight miles west of Danville, to the south of Munci…
The Salt Fork is a tributary of the Vermilion River located in the Central Corn Belt Plains of Illinois. The Salt Fork owes its name to saline springs that provided natural salt licks for animals, and which were used for production of salt by Native Americans and early settlers. The springs were located about eight miles west of Danville, to the south of Muncie, Illinois. The upper reaches of the Salt Fork do not contain saline springs.
Length: 68 mi (109 km)
Progression: Salt Fork → Vermilion → Wabash → Ohio → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico
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