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  2. List of protected areas of Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Putnam Country Conservation District - 1,100-acre (4.5 km 2) Rock Island Forest Preserve District - 2,529 acres (10.23 km 2) Vermilion County Conservation District - 6,600 acres (27 km 2) Forest Preserve District of Will County - 21,966 acres (88.89 km 2) Winnebago County Forest Preserve District - 11,500 acres (47 km 2)

  3. Kent, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    When the village was founded it was the only village within its township and it was thought that the area had great potential for growth. [1] Kent is probably named for the Reverend Aratus Kent, a traveling evangelist from Galena, Illinois. [2] The post office in present-day Kent was established on July 29, 1850. [2]

  4. List of Cincinnati neighborhoods - Wikipedia

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    Map of Cincinnati neighborhoods. Cincinnati consists of fifty-two neighborhoods. Many of these neighborhoods were once villages that have been annexed by the City of Cincinnati. The most important of them retain their former names, such as Walnut Hills and Mount Auburn. [1]

  5. Geneva, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Geneva is part of a tri-city area, located between St. Charles and Batavia. [7] [8] The area experienced rapid population growth from the late 1980s through the mid-2000s as the Chicago suburbs spread to the west. Geneva is a popular tourist destination with its scenic location along the Fox River and numerous shops and

  6. Kent Township, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Kent Township is located in Stephenson County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 702 and it contained 270 housing units. [ 2 ] The unincorporated community of Kent is located in the township.

  7. Central Geneva Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Of those, 68 contribute to the district's historical integrity. The district is representative of southern Geneva, south of Illinois Route 38. Among the noted buildings is the Kane County Courthouse and the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed P. D. Hoyt House. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and was enlarged ...

  8. Mount Auburn Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The District was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 28, 1973 (No. 73001464). Mount Auburn was founded as a hilltop retreat for Cincinnati's social elite where wealthier people could escape the dirt, heat, smoke and crowded conditions of the lower city.

  9. Conservation development - Wikipedia

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    Parismina, main street, Costa Rica. Conservation development, also known as conservation design, is a controlled-growth land use development that adopts the principle for allowing limited sustainable development while protecting the area's natural environmental features in perpetuity, including preserving open space landscape and vista, protecting farmland or natural habitats for wildlife, and ...