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Cardiff is a ghost town in Livingston County, Illinois, United States. Founded as a coal mining town in 1899, it boomed in its first few years. Rapid growth ceased after accidents in the mines in 1903, and the closure of the mines in 1912 soon led to the community's demise. It is located in Round Grove Township, between the villages of Campus and Reddick.

Municipalities and communities of Livingston County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Pontiac

Cities	Fairbury Pontiac Streator‡

Town	Chatsworth

Villages	Campus Cornell Cullom Dwight‡ Emington Flanagan Forrest Long Point Odell Reddick‡ Saunemin Strawn

Townships	Amity Avoca Belle Prairie Broughton Charlotte Chatsworth Dwight Eppards Point Esmen Fayette Forrest Germanville Indian Grove Long Point Nebraska Nevada Newtown Odell Owego Pike Pleasant Ridge Pontiac Reading Rooks Creek Round Grove Saunemin Sullivan Sunbury Union Waldo

Unincorporated communities	Ancona Blackstone Blair Budd Cayuga Cereal Champlin Charlotte Eylar Graymont Griswold Lodemia Loretta Manville McDowell Missal Munster Nevada Ocoya Reading Risk Rowe Rugby Scovel Smithdale South Streator Sunbury Swygert Vermilion City Wing

Ghost town	Cardiff

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 41°03′06″N 88°17′14″W / 41.05167°N 88.28722°W / 41.05167; -88.28722

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