Kishwaukee, Illinois

Kishwaukee is an unincorporated community in Winnebago County, in the U.S. state of Illinois.[1]

Kishwaukee, Illinois
Unincorporated community
Kishwaukee, Illinois
Kishwaukee, Illinois
Coordinates: 42°09′54″N 89°09′00″W
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyWinnebago
Elevation
738 ft (225 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)815 & 779
GNIS feature ID422882[1]

History

A post office called Kishwaukee was established in 1838, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905.[2] Kishwaukee is derived from a Native American language meaning "sycamore tree."[3]

gollark: Wait, what? That sounds very excessive.
gollark: The system here (for A levels) is that you just do one set of exams at the end of two years and schools can do mock ones if they want. It *sounds* sensible, except you apply to universities before getting any A level grades and also a significant amount of things depend just on how well you happened to do over one/a few days.
gollark: You have very brief time to revise between exams?
gollark: Huh. Wow.
gollark: Oh, so you just... have... exams... constantly?

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kishwaukee, Illinois
  2. "Winnebago County". Jim Forte Postal History. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  3. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 176.



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