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Antioch is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States.As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,622. [5] The village is nestled into the Chain O'Lakes waterway system and borders the state of Wisconsin.
Gifford was laid out in 1876 and named for Benjamin F. Gifford. [4] [5] Along with nearby Penfield, the town had a station on the now-defunct Illinois Central Railroad. [6]On August 9, 1894, a fire originating from the barbershop and billiard hall engulfed the entirety of the business district as well as the grain elevator, destroying both completely.
A terminal market is a central site, often in a metropolitan area, that serves as an assembly and trading place for commodities. Terminal markets for agricultural commodities are usually at or near major transportation hubs . [ 1 ]
The land that is now Libertyville was the property of the Illinois River Potawatomi Indians until August 1829, when economic and resource pressures forced the tribe to sell much of their land in northern Illinois to the U.S. government for $12,000 cash, an additional $12,000 in goods, plus an annual delivery of 50 barrels of salt. [13]
Starting from a single location opened in 1998 in Columbus called the "Columbus Fish Market", [3] by 2006, the chain had 12 locations. [4] The chain formed part of the Cameron Mitchell Restaurants [ 5 ] group until 2008, [ 6 ] when the then-22 unit chain, including 19 Fish Market units, was sold to Ruth's Chris Steak House (later renamed Ruth's ...
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Lena is located at (42.378595, -89.826308 [6]According to the 2010 census, Lena has a total area of 2.61 square miles (6.76 km 2), all land. [7]The town of Lena is located in parts of Sections 32 and 33, on the Illinois Central Railroad, twelve miles (19 km) west of Freeport, and is, next to that city, the largest town in the county.
Oak Forest is part of the Chicago metropolitan area.It is mostly surrounded by Cook County Forest Preserves (hence the name). Some neighboring communities of Oak Forest include Crestwood to the north, Midlothian to the northeast, Markham to the east, Country Club Hills to the southeast, Tinley Park to the southwest, Orland Park to the west, and beyond Bachelor's Grove Cemetery and Forest ...