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Cornell is located in northwestern Livingston County in the northeastern part of Amity Township. Illinois Route 23 passes through the village, leading northwest 14 miles (23 km) to Streator and southeast 12 miles (19 km) to Pontiac, the Livingston county seat.
In 1871 a railroad was completed through the township. That same year, on June 15, Walter B. Cornell laid out a plat in the SW corner of section 11 and called it Cornell. 2 days later, Willard D. Blake section 14 and called it Amity. Most of the businesses were in Amity, but in 1873, the village organized as Cornell. [1]
Illinois: A History Of The Land And Its People. Buck, Solon J. (1917). Illinois in 1818. The Centennial History of Illinois a famous series by leading scholars; the copyright has expired and the books are in the public domain vol. 1. The Illinois Country 1673–1818 by Clarence Walworth Alvord. (1920) online edition; vol. 2.
Paul Cornell, the founder of Hyde Park. The township was founded by Paul Cornell, who paid for a topographical survey of the lakefront south of the city in 1852. [3] In 1853, following the advice of Senator Stephen Douglas, he bought 300 acres (120 ha) of speculative property between 51st Street and 55th Street and set about developing the first Chicago railroad suburb.
Illinois history-related lists (1 C, 37 P) A. African-American history of Illinois ... Timeline of Vermilion County, Illinois history; Third Treaty of Prairie du Chien;
The present-day village of Creve Coeur has a recreation of the fort located in a park in the Creve Coeur Nature Preserve. [ 23 ] The 86.6-acre park was deeded to the village of Creve Coeur in 1976 and leased to the non-profit organization, Fort Crevecoeur, Inc. [ 24 ] The non-profit recreated the fort based on original design and dimensions of ...
Cornell was one of the first Universities to elect trustees by direct election. [78] (Harvard was probably the first to shift to direct election of its Board of Overseers by alumni in 1865.) Cornell's first female trustee was Martha Carey Thomas (class of 1877), who the alumni elected while she was serving as President of Bryn Mawr College. [79]
The Lebanon Historic District is a historic district composed of the areas of Lebanon, Illinois, developed prior to 1900.The district includes five distinct areas of Lebanon: the city's main commercial district, the neighborhood around McKendree University, two residential districts, and an archaeological site at the city limits.