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Newark is located in southwestern Kendall County. Illinois Route 71 passes through the village, leading northeast 10 miles (16 km) to Yorkville, the county seat, and southwest 20 miles (32 km) to Ottawa. According to the 2010 census, Newark has a total area of 1.12 square miles (2.90 km 2), all land. [5]
The Evelyn Site, also referred to as Illinois Archaeological Survey No. Ke-52, is a 12-acre (4.9 ha) archaeological site near Newark in Big Grove Township, Kendall County, Illinois, United States. The site contains utensils from a camp or village on a dried-up lake - dating from the early to middle Archaic period, roughly around 1650 B.C.
Nels Nelson Hersdal was born in July 1800, and his wife, Bertha, in May 1804; they were married a few months before the departure of the sloop. He, "Big Nels", as he was called, came to Illinois in 1835, returned to New York and did not bring his family to Illinois until 1846, though he moved west before. He lived until 1886, his wife having ...
This list of museums in Illinois contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public ...
The Little Ten Conference is the oldest continuous high school athletic conference in the state of Illinois.Founded in 1919, it comprised the following small high schools in northern Illinois: Earlville, Hinckley, Leland, Paw Paw, Plano, Rollo, Sandwich, Shabbona, Somonauk, and Waterman.
The history of Illinois may be defined by several broad historical periods, namely, the pre-Columbian period, the era of European exploration and colonization, its development as part of the American frontier, its early statehood period, growth in the 19th and 20th centuries, and contemporary Illinois of today.
He was last seen in Newark, Illinois, Lobner said. Starting in September tips came to the DNR through a wildlife observation database about the wandering elk. It had quite a trip.
Helmar is an unincorporated community in Kendall County, Illinois. The community is located near Newark and Plattville and is between Illinois State Routes 71 and 47 . [ 2 ]