Bader is an unincorporated community in Schuyler County, Illinois

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, United States

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. Bader is 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Browning

Browning, Illinois

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. The community was founded in 1870 under the name Osceola; it was later renamed after William Bader, who ran a grain elevator

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 in the community. A post office opened in the community on October 8, 1872, under the name Baders; it was shortened to Bader on December 23, 1907. Evangelist Jesse Moren Bader

Jesse Moren Bader

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was born in Bader.