History
A route between McLeansboro and Wayne City was marked on Illinois road maps in 1922. The road which is now Route 242 was designated in 1924 as Illinois Route 142A between McLeansboro and Wayne City, along a more westerly path through Belle Prairie City. Route 142A was first numbered on the 1929 Illinois state highway map. The route was moved to its current route in 1931. By 1942, the road was renumbered as Illinois Route 147, and it became part of Route 142 in 1946. The road became Route 242 by 1977.
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