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The Warsaw Historic District is a historic district encompassing the inner core of Warsaw, Hancock County, Illinois. As the city has lost many of its outlying residential areas, the district includes nearly all of the town's developed area, which has been relatively unchanged since the late 19th century. The city was settled in the 1810s and ...
West of central Hamilton. 40°23′45″N 91°22′32″W. / 40.395847°N 91.375681°W / 40.395847; -91.375681 ( Lock and Dam No. 19 Historic District) Hamilton. Historic district that includes 7 buildings, 12 structures, 1 object. Extends into Lee County, Iowa . 11. Nauvoo Historic District. Nauvoo Historic District.
Hancock County, Illinois. Hancock County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 17,620. [1] Its county seat is Carthage, [2] and its largest city is Hamilton. The county is composed of rural towns with many farmers. Hancock County is part of the Fort Madison - Keokuk, IA -IL- MO ...
From Map of Hancock County published in 1859. The creation of Nauvoo as a historical tourism destination was largely a result of the work of J. LeRoy Kimball (1901–1992). Kimball was a descendant of early LDS leader Heber C. Kimball, and bought his ancestor's home in 1954 with the intention of restoring it. [10]
carthage-il.com. Carthage is a city in and the county seat of Hancock County, Illinois, United States. [3] Its population was 2,490 as of the 2020 census. [4] Carthage is best known for being the site of the 1844 death of Joseph Smith, who founded the Latter Day Saint movement.
The Carthage Courthouse Square Historic District is a historic district encompassing the courthouse square of Carthage, Hancock County, Illinois. The district includes 52 buildings, 42 of which are considered contributing to the district's historic character. [2] The 1908 Hancock County Courthouse, a three-story limestone Beaux-Arts building ...
The history of Nauvoo, Illinois, starts with the Sauk and Meskwaki tribes who frequented the area, on a bend of the Mississippi River in Hancock County, some 53 miles (85 km) north of today's Quincy. They called the area "Quashquema", in honor of the Native American chief who headed a Sauk and Fox settlement numbering nearly 500 lodges ...
Museum. The Nauvoo State Park Museum is a house built by Mormons in the 1840s, remodeled by Icarians, and later owned by the Rheinberger family from 1850 to 1948. [2][3] It has been staffed as a museum by the Nauvoo Historical Society since 1954. [3] The restored home features a stone-arched wine cellar and a press room, and is the only Nauvoo ...