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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.
In 1878, physician and Spiritist E. Winchester Stevens examined Vennum. Stevens’s accounts were published in the leading Spiritist journal of the time, The Religio-Philosophical Journal, and later in an 1887 book entitled The Watseka Wonder in which he described Vennum as "the most remarkable case of spirit return and manifestation ever recorded in history."
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. In addition to housing county courts and offices, the building also ...
Watseka Union Depot: Watseka Union Depot: December 22, 1999 : S. 2nd St. Watseka: Originally listed in 1988; Ref #88003467. Delisted in early 1999 when it was moved from Cherry Street to current location.
The film is based upon the events surrounding what became known as the 'Watseka Wonder'. Using period photographs, dramatic recreations, and interviews with subject experts, it addresses what is allegedly the first well-documented and recorded spirit possession story in America of 1877, and the subsequent recorded "possessions" suffered by Lurancy.
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WGFA-FM (94.1 MHz) is an adult contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Watseka, Illinois, serving Central Illiana. WGFA-FM is owned and operated by Iroquois County Broadcasting Company. [3] The station began broadcasting March 2, 1962. [1]
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Watseka have ranged from a low of 14 °F (−10 °C) in January to a high of 84 °F (29 °C) in July, although a record low of −28 °F (−33 °C) was recorded in January 1999 and a record high of 105 °F (41 °C) was recorded in August 1988.