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Mendota Township is located in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 7,534 and it contained 3,111 housing units. [2] Mendota Township was formed from Meriden Township in February, 1856.
Carnefix Mill, a three–story stone grist mill was built at Irish Grove 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Davis on Rock Run creek by George Raymer in the 1850s. The mill was still standing in 1970. [4] Davis Manufacturing Company Mill, built in Davis in 1876, was a 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-story stone flour mill with four run of stone powered by steam. The mill ...
The village was named for Towanda in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.The name means "burial ground" in Nanticoke, an Algonquian language. [4] The land on which Towanda stands was first entered by Charles Badeau who had graduated from Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, in 1840, and was employed as the assistant to the chief engineer of what was then the Alton and Springfield Railroad. [5]
Pope County is the southeasternmost county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census , it had a population of 3,763, [ 1 ] making it the second-least populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Golconda . [ 2 ]
Eldorado (/ ˌ ɛ l d ə ˈ r eɪ d oʊ,-d ə /) is a city in Saline County, Illinois, United States.The population was 4,122 at the 2010 census, with a 1980 peak of 5,198.Although the city's name is spelled as if it were Spanish, the name was originally "Eldereado" or "Elder-Reado" (depending on the source)—a combination of the last names of the town's two founders, [2] [3] Judge Samuel ...
Ursa Township is one of twenty-two townships in Adams County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,073 and it contained 507 housing units. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,073 and it contained 507 housing units.
As of the 2020 census [3] there were 595 people, 243 households, and 200 families residing in the township. The population density was 12.04 inhabitants per square mile (4.65/km 2).
Merle K. Anderson (1904–1982), farmer and Illinois state representative, was born in Laona Township. [ 6 ] Ellen Gates Starr (1859-1940), social reformer and activist, born in Laona Township.