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815. FIPS code. 17-79228. Website. www.watsekacity.org. 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.
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.
Lurancy Vennum. Lurancy Vennum. Mary Lurancy Vennum was born in 1864 near Watseka, Illinois. In the summer of 1877 she suffered a series of epileptic fits, often lapsing into unconsciousness. After awakening, she told her family that she had been to heaven, had seen angels, and had visited her younger brother and sister who had died before her.
UTC-5 (CDT) ZIP codes. 60951, 60966, 60970. FIPS code. 17-075-48814. Middleport Township is one of twenty-six townships in Iroquois County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,375 and it contained 2,099 housing units. [2] Middleport Township changed its name to Watseka Township in September 1863, but then changed back to ...
NRHP reference No. 75000663 [1] Added to NRHP. June 13, 1975. The Old Iroquois County Courthouse, now known as the Iroquois County Museum, is a history museum in Watseka, Illinois, which served as the Iroquois County courthouse from 1866 until 1964. The Italianate building was designed by C.B. Leach and built by contractor A.C. Mantor.
Website. www.co.iroquois.il.us. 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]
Watseka Union Depot. / 40.77556°N 87.73667°W / 40.77556; -87.73667. The Watseka Union Depot is a historic railway station located on South Second Street in Watseka, Illinois. The depot was built in 1906 to accommodate traffic on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad through the city; it also served the Toledo, Peoria and Western ...
Illinois State Capitol, Sangamon County. Dennis Otte Round Barn, Stephenson County. Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home, Lee County. Pere Marquette Hotel, Peoria County. General Dean Suspension Bridge, Clinton County. This is a list of properties and districts in Illinois that are on the National Register of Historic Places. There are over 1,900 in total.