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Oquawka is a village and the county seat of Henderson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,134 at the 2020 census. The population was 1,134 at the 2020 census. [ 3 ]
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There were 1,021 households, out of which 26.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.94% were married couples living together, 10.28% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 37.22% were non-families. 29.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age ...
Henderson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 United States Census, it has a population of 6,387. [1] Its county seat is Oquawka. [2] Henderson County is part of the Burlington, IA–IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.
The organization's legal name is the Illinois Agricultural Association. The IFB was founded in 1916 by a group of farmers who met at the University of Illinois to discuss the need for agricultural education, better information for farmers, and more effective farming practices. Modernly, the IFB represents two out of three Illinois farmers.
Alexis and Stephen Phelps founded Oquawka, which they named for the Native American name for Yellow Banks, in 1836. Stephen A. Douglas, who frequently presided over the Henderson County Circuit Court, stayed in the house during his visits to Oquawka. [2] [3] The house was also rumored to be a stop on the Underground Railroad. [4]
Henderson County was created out of Warren County in April 1841 by a law that designated also Oquawka the county seat, [1]: 865 and one of the first acts of the original county commission was to accept from commissioner Alexis Phelps a donation of land for county business. [2] (Phelps and others had reserved land for this purpose five years ...
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