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Galena is the largest city in and the county seat of Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. [7] It had a population of 3,308 at the 2020 census . [ 6 ] A 581-acre (235 ha) section of the city is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Galena Historic District .
Horace A. Tenney (1820–1906), moved to Galena in 1845 and started the Galena Jeffersonian newspaper with his brother; Wisconsin assistant state Geologist; served in the Wisconsin Assembly in 1857 Jesse B. Thomas, Jr. (1806–1850), lawyer, judge, moved to Galena after he retired from the Illinois Supreme Court (1843–1848); Illinois Attorney ...
Jo Daviess County (/ ˈ d eɪ v ɪ s /) is the northwesternmost county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 22,035. [1] Its county seat is Galena. [2] Jo Daviess County is part of the Tri-State Area and is located near Dubuque, Iowa and Platteville, Wisconsin.
Nov. 26—Norwich Leroy Vice, 35, of 41 Quarto Road, was charged Saturday with breach of peace and interfering with an emergency call. Waterford Jorge Cruz-Mendelez, 32, of 324 Norwich Ave ...
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The Galena Territory is a census-designated place in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. Its population was 1,500 in 2020, [3] an increase from 1,058 in the 2010 census. [4] The territory was incorporated on July 26, 1973. [5] The community consists of a private 6,800-acre (28 km 2) development located several miles southeast of ...
Galena is located in the northern Black Hills in Lawrence County, South Dakota. It has an elevation of 4,790 feet (1,460 m). [ 1 ] Bear Butte Creek runs beside the town, which is located in a meadow in the middle of a gulch .
Galena post office was established in 1901 when a group of miners were able to get the Susanville post office moved from the current site of Galena two miles up Elk Creek to their mine. [3] The new post office was named for a body of galena ore in the area, and the town was renamed as well. [ 3 ]