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A post office was established at Lockport in 1838, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1904. [3] The birth of the town, and its name, are related to the set of lock gates that one would have encountered on the Wabash and Erie Canal.
Aerial view of Aledo, 2012. Aledo is located in central Mercer County at (41.200172, -90.749956). [11] Illinois Route 17 passes through the city center on Third Street, leading east 8 miles (13 km) to Viola and west 14 miles (23 km) to New Boston on the Mississippi River.
In May 1812, Congress passed an act which set aside lands in Arkansas, Michigan, and Illinois as payment to volunteer soldiers in the War of 1812. Mercer County was part of this "Military Tract." Seven years after Illinois became a state, Mercer County was founded. It was formed from unorganized territory near Pike County on January 13, 1825 ...
Mercer Township is located in Mercer County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,071 and it contained 1,873 housing units. [2] Mercer Township changed its name from Centre Township on an unknown date sometime before 1921. Mercer Township contains Aledo, the county seat of Mercer County.
The downtown district of Lockport was platted in 1836, the same year that construction began on the Illinois and Michigan Canal (I&M Canal). Two years later, Lockport was designated as the headquarters for the I&M. Due to the importance of the canal for commerce, the downtown district runs parallel to it.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — If you must drive during the upcoming winter weather, here’s how you can find out about road conditions in Indiana and Illinois. In Indiana you can go to 511in ...
One year after passing a law that allows Ukrainian immigrants on humanitarian parole to receive driver’s licenses, Indiana lawmakers are trying to repeal it after a federal judge recently ruled ...
The Mercer County Jail is a historic county jail building located at 309 South College Avenue in Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois. Completed in 1909, the building was the county's third jail and its second in Aledo. Architect Clair F. Drury of Moline designed the Tudor Revival building.