Little Rock Village
Little Rock Village was a Native American village of the Potawatomi people located on the north bank of the Kankakee River, at a site close to the current boundary between Kankakee and Will counties of the state of Illinois in the United States.[1][2] The location now lies within the present-day Kankakee River State Park, close to the mouth of Rock Creek on Kankakee River.[3]
Little Rock Village | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Little Rock Village Location in Illinois | |
| Coordinates: 41°12′12″N 87°59′10″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Will |
| Population | |
| • Total | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
References
- John Stoutenburgh (1960), Dictionary of the American Indian, Philosophical Library,
... Little Rock Village: In 1832, this was a village of the Potawatomi ...
- John Reed Swanton (1968), The Indian tribes of North America, Smithsonian Institution Press,
... Little Rock Village, on the north bank of Kankakee River about the boundary of Kankakee and Will Counties, Ill. ...
- Kankakee River State Park, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, archived from the original on 2009-07-13, retrieved 2009-07-14,
... The most extensive village was "Rock Village" or "Little Rock Village" inside the present-day park near the mouth of Rock Creek ...
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