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Disco, Illinois
Unincorporated community
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Hancock
Elevation	667 ft (203 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	217
GNIS feature ID	407231

Disco is an unincorporated community in Durham and La Harpe Townships, Hancock County, Illinois, United States. Disco is 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of La Harpe, and is on the Keokuk Junction Railway..

History

While one source says the etymology is uncertain, another source says Disco was so named because the surrounding river valley is as flat as a discus.

Municipalities and communities of Hancock County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Carthage

Cities	Carthage Dallas City‡ Hamilton La Harpe Nauvoo Warsaw

Town	Bentley

Villages	Augusta Basco Bowen Elvaston Ferris Plymouth‡ Pontoosuc West Point

Townships	Appanoose Augusta Bear Creek Carthage Chili Dallas City Durham Fountain Green Hancock Harmony La Harpe Montebello Nauvoo Pilot Grove Pontoosuc Prairie Rock Creek Rocky Run Sonora St. Albans St. Mary's Walker Warsaw Wilcox Wythe

Unincorporated communities	Adrian Breckenridge Burnside Chili Colusa Denver Disco Durham Elderville Fountain Green Joetta La Crosse McCall Middle Creek Niota Old Niota Powellton Saint Mary Stillwell Sutter Tioga Webster

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

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