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Illinois also has two counties named after the same person, New York governor DeWitt Clinton (DeWitt County, and Clinton County). Information on the FIPS county code , county seat , year of establishment, origin, etymology , population, area and map of each county is included in the table below.
The industry around the falls resulted in rapid development in the area; for a time, "Fall Creek Village" was considered a separate town from the rest of Ithaca. The diversion dam above the falls remained until succumbing to natural forces sometime prior to April of 2007, when it broke where it met the north gorge wall; around the base of the ...
The city of Ithaca, site of Ithaca College and Cornell University, is located at the southern end of Cayuga Lake.. On the Northern shore rests Seneca Falls, the historical Birthplace of Women’s Rights and the Seneca Falls Convention, and what is widely accepted as the real Bedford Falls from the Frank Capra movie It's A Wonderful Life.
The Illinois side includes Henry County, Mercer County, and Rock Island County. [4] In extreme northwestern Illinois the Driftless Zone, a region of unglaciated and therefore higher and more rugged topography, occupies a small part of the state. Charles Mound, located in this region, is the state's highest elevation above sea level.
Itasca (/ aɪ ˈ t æ s k ə /) is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 Census, the population was 9,543. [2] Located approximately 25 miles northwest of downtown Chicago, Itasca is close to O'Hare International Airport, major expressways and rail transportation. Itasca is home to a country club, a resort and shares ...
The Burden Falls Wilderness is a 3,775-acre (15.3 km 2) unit of the Shawnee National Forest. It is located in northwestern Pope County and southwestern Saline County , Illinois. The wilderness is characterized by road-less second-growth hardwood forest, punctuated by a small, seasonal waterfall on Burden Creek.
Coloma Township is located in Whiteside County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 11,371 and it contained 5,162 housing units. [4] It consists of the area in and around Rock Falls, Illinois.
The Rockford Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of four counties in north-central Illinois, anchored by the city of Rockford. As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 349,431 (though a 2011 estimate placed the population at 348,360). [2]