Shipman, IL -- U.S. town in Illinois
Population (2000): 655
Housing Units (2000): 273
Land area (2000): 1.320976 sq. miles (3.421311 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.013297 sq. miles (0.034438 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.334273 sq. miles (3.455749 sq. km)
FIPS code: 69563
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 39.118240 N, 90.043506 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords: Shipman, IL Shipman

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
 

Shipman \Ship"man\, n.; pl. Shipmen. A seaman, or sailor. [Obs. or Poetic] --Chaucer. R. Browning. [1913 Webster]

About midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country. --Acts xxvii. 27. [1913 Webster]

Shipman's card, the mariner's compass. [Obs.]

--Shak. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Shipman \Ship"man\, n.; pl. Shipmen. A seaman, or sailor. [Obs. or Poetic] --Chaucer. R. Browning.

About midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country. --Acts xxvii. 27.

Shipman's card, the mariner's compass. [Obs.]

--Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)