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Watseka is a city in and the county seat of Iroquois County, Illinois, United States. [2] It is located approximately 15 miles (24 km) west of the Illinois-Indiana state line on U.S. Route 24 . The population of Watseka was 4,679 as of the 2020 Census.
Iroquois County is a county located in the northeast part of the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 United States Census, it has a population of 27,077. [1] It is the only county in the United States named Iroquois. [2] The county seat is Watseka. [3] The county is located along the border with Indiana.
WIBK (1360 AM) is a currently silent classic country-formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Watseka, Illinois, serving Watseka and Eastern Iroquois County, Illinois and Western Benton and Southern Newton counties in Indiana.
Middleport Township is one of twenty-six townships in Iroquois County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,767 and it contained 1,995 housing units. [1] Middleport Township changed its name to Watseka Township in September 1863, but then changed back to Middleport Township on an unknown date.
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U.S. Route 24 runs along the northern edge of the village, leading west 9 miles (14 km) to Watseka, the Iroquois county seat, and east 6 miles (10 km) to Kentland, Indiana. U.S. Route 52 intersects US 24 along Sheldon's northern border, leading north 3.5 miles (5.6 km) to Iroquois and east with US 24 into Indiana.
Watseka or Watchekee (c. 1810–1878) was a Potawatomi Native American woman, born in Illinois, and named for the heroine of a Potawatomi legend. Her uncle was Tamin, the chief of the Kankakee Potawatomi Indians.
The facility was opened in August 2001, and cost almost $125 million to build. [8] It consists of three structures designed by HDR, Inc. They include a five-level, 321,000-square-foot (29,800 m 2) press hall featuring 3 MAN Roland presses from Germany; a 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m 2) paper-storage facility capable of storing 3,000 rolls of newsprint and a 600-stall parking garage.