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Whiteside County, Illinois
Whiteside County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 55,691. Its county seat is Morrison. The county is bounded on the west by the Mississippi River. Whiteside County comprises the Sterling, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Dixon-Sterling, IL Combined Statistical Area. U.S. President Ronald Reagan was born in 1911 in the Whiteside County community of Tampico. History This area was long occupied by varying cultures of Native Americans. Whiteside County was organized by European Americans in 1836 from parts of Jo Daviess and Henry counties. It was named for General Samuel Whiteside, an Illinois officer in the War of 1812 and Black Hawk War. Whiteside County's boundaries have remained unchanged since its creation in 1836. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.8%) is water. Climate and weather In rece ...
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Whiteside County Courthouse
The Whiteside County Courthouse is a government building in Morrison, the county seat of Whiteside County, Illinois, United States. Completed in 1987 to replace a 19th-century predecessor, it is the fourth courthouse, in the third community, to serve Whiteside County officials since the county's formation. History Growing settlement in northwestern Illinois prompted the legislature to establish Peoria County in 1825 and to separate its northwestern portions as Jo Daviess County two years later. Out of this county's southern portions was formed Whiteside County in 1836, although it temporarily remained attached to the parent county, and full organization required a number of years to complete;Davis, William W. ''History of Whiteside County, Illinois : from its earliest settlement to 1908''. Vol. 1. Chicago: Pioneer, 1908. not until 1852 could the county be divided into townships, for example. By this time, the area was well settled, the first pioneers having arrived more th ...
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Black Hawk War
The Black Hawk War was a conflict between the United States and Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans led by Black Hawk (Sauk leader), Black Hawk, a Sauk people, Sauk leader. The war erupted after Black Hawk and a group of Sauks, Meskwakis (Fox), and Kickapoo people, Kickapoos, known as the "British Band", crossed the Mississippi River, to the U.S. state of Illinois, from Iowa, Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but he was apparently hoping to reclaim land that was taken over by the United States in the disputed 1804 Treaty of St. Louis (1804), Treaty of St. Louis. U.S. officials, convinced that the British Band was hostile, mobilized a frontier Militia in the United States, militia and opened fire on a delegation from the Native Americans on May 14, 1832. Black Hawk responded by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run. He led his band to a secure location in what is now southern Wisconsin an ...
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Illinois Route 110
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Illinois 110
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its south. Of the fifty U.S. states, Illinois has the List of U.S. states and territories by GDP, fifth-largest gross domestic product (GDP), the List of U.S. states and territories by population, sixth-largest population, and the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 25th-most land area. Its capital city is Springfield, Illinois, Springfield in the center of the state, and the state's largest city is Chicago in the northeast. Present-day Illinois was inhabited by Indigenous peoples of the Americas#History, Indigenous cultures for thousands of years. The French were the first Europeans to arrive, settling near the Mississippi and Illinois River, Illinois rivers in the 17th century Illinois Country, as part of their sprawling colony of ...
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Illinois Route 84
Illinois Route 84 (Route 84 or IL 84) is a long state highway that runs along the Mississippi River in northwestern Illinois. Illinois 84 runs from south of Green Rock, Illinois, Green Rock (now Colona, Illinois, Colona) at U.S. Route 6 (Illinois), U.S. Route 6 to the Wisconsin state line at Highway 80 (Wisconsin), Highway 80 by Hazel Green, Wisconsin. Illinois 84 is long. Route description Illinois Route 84 begins at an intersection (road), intersection with U.S. Route 6 (Illinois), U.S. Route 6 (US 6) south of Colona, Illinois, Colona in Henry County, Illinois, Henry County. From US 6, it heads north into the Green Rock, Illinois, Green Rock neighborhood of Colona, crossing the Hennepin Canal on the south side of town. Colona and Green Rock were separate communities, but in 1997, became the first communities in Illinois to merge. Route 84 curves to the west, becomes a four-lane road, and crosses the Rock River (Mississippi River), Rock River into Rock Island ...
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Illinois 84
Illinois Route 84 (Route 84 or IL 84) is a long state highway that runs along the Mississippi River in northwestern Illinois. Illinois 84 runs from south of Green Rock (now Colona) at U.S. Route 6 to the Wisconsin state line at Highway 80 by Hazel Green, Wisconsin. Illinois 84 is long. Route description Illinois Route 84 begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 6 (US 6) south of Colona in Henry County. From US 6, it heads north into the Green Rock neighborhood of Colona, crossing the Hennepin Canal on the south side of town. Colona and Green Rock were separate communities, but in 1997, became the first communities in Illinois to merge. Route 84 curves to the west, becomes a four-lane road, and crosses the Rock River into Rock Island County. Near the TPC at Deere Run golf course, the route turns to the north towards Carbon Cliff. It curves gently to the northwest where it meets the Route 5 and Route 92 expressway at a partial cloverleaf i ...
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Illinois Route 78
Illinois Route 78 is a major north–south highway in western Illinois. It runs from Illinois Route 104 northwest of Jacksonville north to Highway 78 at the Wisconsin state line north of Warren. This is a distance of . Route description Jacksonville to Elmwood Starting from IL 104 in Jacksonville, IL 78 briefly travels east, then south, and then east again. Then, it turns north via Main Street, passing the Jacksonville Municipal Airport. As it continues north, it then reaches IL 125 in Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States .... In Havana, US 136, as well as IL 97, begins to run concurrently with IL 78. US 136 then leaves the concurrency just west of the Scott W. Lucas Bridge. At the US 24 junction, IL 97 b ...
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Illinois Route 40
Illinois Route 40 (IL 40) is a north–south route in central portion of the U.S. state of Illinois. It runs from Interstate 74 (I-74) in East Peoria, Illinois, East Peoria north to Illinois Route 78, IL 78 at Mount Carroll, Illinois, Mt. Carroll, just south of U.S. Route 52 in Illinois, U.S. Route 52 (US 52) and Illinois Route 64, IL 64. Route description Illinois 40 is known as Knoxville Avenue in the Peoria, Illinois, Peoria area, generally south of Illinois Route 6. Route 40 crosses over Interstate 74 north of downtown, and then grows complex in the downtown area, as there are three turns in a one-block length. Illinois 40 then emerges onto William Kumpf Boulevard and crosses over the Illinois River using the Bob Michel Bridge. On the other side of the river, Illinois 40 is briefly called Washington Street. It then is routed onto an onramp to Interstate 74, where there is an exit to Camp Street before terminating at I-74. File:Bob Michel Bridge, Peoria, Illinois.jpg, ...
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Illinois 40
Illinois Route 40 (IL 40) is a north–south route in central portion of the U.S. state of Illinois. It runs from Interstate 74 (I-74) in East Peoria north to IL 78 at Mt. Carroll, just south of U.S. Route 52 (US 52) and IL 64. Route description Illinois 40 is known as Knoxville Avenue in the Peoria area, generally south of Illinois Route 6. Route 40 crosses over Interstate 74 north of downtown, and then grows complex in the downtown area, as there are three turns in a one-block length. Illinois 40 then emerges onto William Kumpf Boulevard and crosses over the Illinois River using the Bob Michel Bridge. On the other side of the river, Illinois 40 is briefly called Washington Street. It then is routed onto an onramp to Interstate 74, where there is an exit to Camp Street before terminating at I-74. File:Bob Michel Bridge, Peoria, Illinois.jpg, Bob Michel Bridge carrying IL 40 over the Illinois River File:IL 40 in Peoria County.JPG, IL 40 in Peoria County, ...
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Illinois Route 2
Illinois Route 2 (IL 2) is a north–south state highway in northern Illinois. It currently starts at Illinois Route 40 in Sterling, Illinois, Sterling and ends at the Wisconsin state line in South Beloit, Illinois, South Beloit, very near the intersection with U.S. Route 51, Illinois Route 75 and Illinois Route 251.Illinois Highway EndsIllinois 2. Retrieved May 2, 2006. Illinois 2 is long. Route description Illinois 2 used to follow the Rock River from Rock Island, Illinois, Rock Island to South Beloit, Illinois, South Beloit. It was used in the 19th century as a primary trading route from Rockford, Illinois, Rockford to Rock Island, The Rock River (Illinois), Rock River was not used as a trading route for boats as it is only navigable west of Rock Falls, Illinois, Rock Falls. Illinois 2 has since been superseded by Interstate 39 and Interstate 88 (west), Interstate 88 for most ground transportation, but the original route remains. In Sterling, IL 2 begins as a one-way p ...
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Illinois 2
Illinois Route 2 (IL 2) is a north–south state highway in northern Illinois. It currently starts at Illinois Route 40 in Sterling and ends at the Wisconsin state line in South Beloit, very near the intersection with U.S. Route 51, Illinois Route 75 and Illinois Route 251.Illinois Highway EndsIllinois 2. Retrieved May 2, 2006. Illinois 2 is long. Route description Illinois 2 used to follow the Rock River from Rock Island to South Beloit. It was used in the 19th century as a primary trading route from Rockford to Rock Island, The Rock River was not used as a trading route for boats as it is only navigable west of Rock Falls. Illinois 2 has since been superseded by Interstate 39 and Interstate 88 for most ground transportation, but the original route remains. In Sterling, IL 2 begins as a one-way pair. Near the Sinnissippi Mounds, the two one-way roads merge into a two-way road. From Sterling to Dixon, IL 2 largely follows a portion of Lincoln Highway but with o ...
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