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Pecatonica is a village in Winnebago County, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Rockford, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area . The population was 2,195 at the 2010 census, up from 1,997 in 2000.
The Pecatonica River is a tributary of the Rock River, 194 miles (312 km) long, [2] in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois in the United States. The word Pecatonica is an anglicization of two Algonquian language words: Bekaa (or Pekaa in some dialects), which means "slow", and niba , which means "water", forming the conjunction Bekaaniba ...
Pecatonica Township is located in Winnebago County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,355 and it contained 1,750 housing units. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,355 and it contained 1,750 housing units.
Pecatonica may refer to: Pecatonica, Illinois; Pecatonica River of Illinois and Wisconsin; See also. Pecatonica High School (disambiguation)
The Battle of Horseshoe Bend, also referred to as the Battle of Pecatonica and the Battle of Bloody Lake, was fought on June 16, 1832, in present-day Wisconsin at an oxbow lake known as "Horseshoe Bend", which was formed by a change in course of the Pecatonica River.
Pecatonica High School, affectionately known as "Pec", is located in the town of Pecatonica, Illinois. The campus is located 15 miles west of Rockford and 15 miles east of Freeport . It is located just one mile north of U.S. Route 20 , a major East-West highway connected to Interstate 90 .
The William H. Roberts House is the only home identified in Pecatonica from the 1880s period; before 1900, the number of finer homes built in the village were minimal. The 1974 Illinois Historic Sites Survey cited the home for its significance in the area of architecture, calling it a "substantial Italianate residence."
The East Branch Pecatonica River is a tributary of the Pecatonica River, approximately 62.5 miles (100.6 km) long, [1] in southwest Wisconsin in the United States. [ 2 ] It rises in the hills of eastern Iowa County , approximately 2 miles (3 km) north of Barneveld and approximately 25 miles (40 km) west of Madison .