Aarushhh/wikipedia-simple-splitted huggingface dataset:
Burbank is a city in Illinois in the United States. Its population was 27,902 at 2020. It is on the south-western edge of Chicago.

References

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in Cook County, Illinois
Bushnell is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Byron is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Cairo is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Calumet City is a city in Illinois in the United States. In 2020, 36,033 people lived there.

References

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in Cook County, Illinois
Canton is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Carbondale is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Carlinville is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Carlyle is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Carmi is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Carrollton is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Carterville is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Carthage is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Casey is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Centralia is a city in Illinois in the United States. It is the birth place of politician and activist James Brady.

Cities in Illinois
Centreville is a city in Illinois in the United States.  It is in St. Clair County.

Notable people 
 Edward Burch, alternative country musician
 John Dettmer, pitcher for the Texas Rangers
 Byron Gettis, outfielder for the Kansas City Royals
 Reginald Hudlin, film director

References

Cities in Illinois
Champaign is a city in Illinois in the United States. It includes part of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

References

Cities in Illinois
Charleston is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Chenoa is a city in Illinois in the United States. The census tells us 1,695 people lived there in 2020. The city can be found where Interstate 55 meets Historic Route 66 and U.S. Route 24. Matthew T. Scott started the city in 1854 to give the people who rented homes on his farm the chance to shop and buy and sell with each other and so he could ship grain. The Chenoa Centennial was celebrated in 1954. Today, farming is still a big part of the community. 

Schuirman's Drug Store (now Chenoa Pharmacy) and Union Roofing are both notable because of how long they have been businesses in the area. Union Roofing is one of the largest roofers in Illinois. Many small shops and factories exist in the city too, including shops which sell antiques. The town school system closed at the end of the 2004 school year so now students go instead to the nearby Prairie Central school district. Lots of people enjoy July 4 celebrations in Chenoa each year.

Cities in Illinois
Chester is a city and the county seat of Randolph County, Illinois in the United States. The city features the Chester Bridge, a bridge over the Mississippi River connecting Perryville, Missouri with Chester.

In 2020, Chester had 6,814 people living in the city.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Chicago Heights is a city in Illinois in the United States. In 2020, 27,480 people lived there.

References

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in Cook County, Illinois
Chillicothe is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Chrisman is a city in Illinois in the United States.

References

Cities in Illinois
Christopher is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Clinton is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Coffeen is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Colchester is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Collinsville is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Colona is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Columbia is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Other websites 

 

Cities in Illinois
Country Club Hills is a city in Illinois in the United States.  It is in Cook County.

Notable people 
 Danny Clark, linebacker for the New York Giants
 Koko Taylor, blues singer
 Marquice Cole, defensive back for the New York Jets

References 

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in Cook County, Illinois
Countryside is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in Cook County, Illinois
Creal Springs is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Crest Hill is a city in the state Illinois in the United States.

References

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Crystal Lake is a city in Illinois in the United States.

References

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Cuba is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Dallas City is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Danville is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Darien is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Settlements in DuPage County, Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
DeKalb () is a city in Illinois in the United States. The population was 40,290 at the 2020 census. The city is named after decorated German war hero Johann De Kalb, who died during the American Revolutionary War.

Notable people
 Charles I. Barber, architect, born in DeKalb
 George Franklin Barber, architect, born in DeKalb
 Charles Bronson, an hardcore punk band
 Cindy Crawford, supermodel
 Isaac L. Ellwood, rancher, businessman and barbed wire entrepreneur
 Joseph Glidden, farmer who patented barbed wire
 Jacob Haish, one of the inventors of barbed wire
 Barbara Hale, Emmy Award-winning actress
 Judas Iscariot, a black metal band
 Richard Jenkins, actor
 Mel Owens, linebacker for the L.A. Rams
 Richard Powers, author
 W. Willard Wirtz, Secretary of Labor; his DeKalb home is preserved on the NIU campus
 Mike Heimerdinger, Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator
 A. J. Bramlett, former professional basketball player

References

Cities in Illinois
Delavan is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Des Plaines is a city in Illinois in the United States.

It has a Bulgarian Orthodox Church called Saint Sophias.

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in Cook County, Illinois
Dixon is a city in the United States state of Illinois. It is the boyhood town of Ronald Reagan.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Du Quoin is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Earlville is a city in Illinois in the United States.  It is in LaSalle County.

Notable people 
 Steve Behel (1860-1945), MLB player for the Milwaukee Brewers and New York Metropolitans
 Herbert O. Crisler, Head Football Coach and Athletic Director at University of Michigan, and namesake of Crisler Arena at the University
 John J. Myers, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Newark, N.J
 Gary K. Wolf, author of the novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit (1941-), which became the Movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit

References

Cities in Illinois
East Dubuque is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
East Moline is a city in Illinois in the United States. It is one of the Quad Cities.

Cities in Illinois
East Peoria is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
East St. Louis is a city in southwest Illinois. It is a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. in 2020, the city had a population of 18,469. The majority of the population is Black or African-American.

References

Cities in Illinois
Edwardsville, home to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) is a city in Madison County, Illinois, United States. As of 2020, the population was 26,808. It is the county seat of Madison County. The city was named in honor of Ninian Edwards, then Governor of the Illinois Territory.

References

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Effingham is a city in Illinois in the United States. There are several truck stops in Effingham. They also have fast food and hotels there.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
El Paso is a city in Illinois in the United States.

References

Cities in Illinois
Eldorado is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Elgin () is a city in Illinois in the United States.  It is roughly   northwest of Chicago on the Fox River. Most of Elgin lies within Kane County, Illinois, with a portion in Cook County, Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 114,797. It is the sixth-largest city in Illinois. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area.

People from Elgin

Authors and academics
 E.C. "Mike" Alft, historian, author, and former mayor of Elgin.
 Nina Burleigh, journalist and best-selling author.
 Paul Flory, chemist, Nobel Prize winner (1974).
 Lloyd Hall, chemist.
 Douglas J. Mink, astronomer, co-discover of the rings around the planet Uranus.
 John Platt, computer scientist.
 Tom Shales, journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner (1988).
 Carleton Washburne, educator, author of the Winnetka Plan.
Business and invention
 Max Adler, vice-president of Sears & Roebuck, benefactor of Adler Planetarium.
 Lawrence B. Hamlin, violator of the Pure Food and Drug Act on claiming that his family's patent medicine could cure cancer.
 Lysander Hamlin, co-originator with John Austen Hamlin of Hamlin's Wizard Oil, father of Lawrence B. Hamlin.
 Jimmy John Liautaud, founder of Jimmy John's, benefactor of UIC's Liautaud Graduate School of Business.
 Earl "Madman" Muntz, marketer, car stereo and 4-track cartridge pioneer.
 James Roche, former chairman of General Motors.
Media and arts
 Dan Andriano, musician.
 Joe Becker, musician.
 Bruce Boxleitner, actor.
 BarlowGirl, Christian rock band.
Alyssa Barlow
Becca Barlow
Lauren Barlow
 Chelsea Brummet, actress.
 Josh Caterer, songwriter, musician, lead singer of indie rock band Smoking Popes.
 Chuck Harder, radio talk show host.
 John Austen Hamlin, magician, brother of Lysander Hamlin.
 Matt Hoffman, Big brother 12.
 Charles Ingalls, father of Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House on the Prairie) spent part of his childhood in the nearby Campton Township.
 Laurence Kaptain, international performer/recording artist, and Dean, College of Music and Dramatic Arts, Louisiana State University.
 William LeBaron, playwright, movie producer.
 David Otunga, Harvard educated lawyer, reality show contestant on VH1's I Love New York 2, fiance of singer/actress Jennifer Hudson.
 Jane Peterson, painter and artist.
 John Qualen, actor.
David Strackany, folk singer-songwriter aka Paleo, born in Elgin
Military
 Harry Chamberlin, Brigadier General, equestrian, Olympic gold medalist (1932).

Politics

 Ray Barnhart, Texas Republican politician
 Peter Fitzgerald, United States Senator (R-IL).

Sports
 Charlene Barnett (1928-1979), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player and member of three champion teams.
 Brian Oldfield (born 1945), Olympic shot putter.
 Flynn Robinson (born 1941), basketball player for the Cincinnati Royals, Chicago Bulls, Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers, and the Baltimore Bullets.

References

Cities in Illinois
Settlements in Cook County, Illinois
Elmhurst is a city in Illinois in the United States. In 2020, 45,786 people lived there.

References

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in Cook County, Illinois
Settlements in DuPage County, Illinois
Elmwood Park is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Settlements in Cook County, Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Eureka is a small city of Illinois in the United States. In 2020, 5,227 people lived there. Eureka College, a place where Abraham Lincoln spoke and where Ronald Reagan graduated, is in Eureka.

Eureka was started in 1855. It was called Walnut Grove. The name was changed to Eureka because there was another Walnut Grove. No one agrees about who thought of the name Eureka. The name Eureka comes from a Greek word that means "I found it".

References

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Evanston is a city in Illinois in the United States. It is 12 miles (19 km) north to the center of Chicago, and is a part of the Chicago Metropolitan Area. The mayor of Evanston is Daniel Biss.

In March 2021, after Evanston passed a measure offering reparations to black residents over slavery, becoming the first in the United States to do so.

Well-known people born in Evanston

 Charlton Heston (d. 2008), actor
 John C. Whitehead (d. 2015), politician, Deputy Secretary of State
 William Christopher (d. 2016), actor
 Anthony Downs (1930-), political scientist, economist
 Peter Ueberroth (d. 2021), American executive
 Grace Slick (1939-), singer of rock music
 William Petersen (1953-), actor
 Elizabeth McGovern (1961-), actress
 Eddie Vedder (1964-), singer, songwriter, guitar player
 John Cusack (1966-), actor

References

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in Cook County, Illinois
Fairbury is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Fairfield is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Fairview Heights is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Farmer City is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Farmington is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Flora is a city in Illinois in the United States.

References

Cities in Illinois
Fox Lake is a village in Illinois in the United States.

Villages in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Freeport is a city in Illinois in the United States, it is also the county seat of Stephenson County, Illinois.  The population was 23,973 at the 2020 census.

References

Other websites

 City of Freeport 
 Freeport/Stephenson County Convention & Visitors Bureau
 Freeport Area Chamber of Commerce
 Stephenson County Historical Society
 Freeport Downtown Development Foundation 
 Freeport Park District
 Freeport School District #145
 Northwest Illinois Development Alliance 
1994 reenactment of Lincoln-Douglas Debate in Freeport televised by C-SPAN (Debate preview and Debate review)

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Fulton is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Galena is the largest city in and the county seat of Jo Daviess County, Illinois. 3,308 people lived here at the 2020 census.

References

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Galesburg is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Prominent people from Galesburg
 Carl Sandburg, poet
 Dorothea Tanning, artist

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Galva is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Geneseo is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Geneva is a city in Illinois in the United States. It is on the Fox River between St. Charles, Illinois to the north and Batavia, Illinois to the south.

References 

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Genoa is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Georgetown is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Gibson City is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Gillespie is a city in Illinois in the United States. As of 2020 there were about 3,000 people living here.

This small city has police protection, water supply, and sewer services.

References

Cities in Illinois
Gilman is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Girard is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Golconda is a city of Pope County in the state of Illinois in the United States.  

The name of this city is inspired from the famous fort called Golconda Fort which is located in Hyderabad city of Telangana district in India.

It is the county seat of Pope County.

References

County seats in Illinois
Cities in Illinois
Goreville is a village in Illinois in the United States.  It is in Johnson County.

References

Villages in Illinois
Grafton is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Grand Tower is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Granite City is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Grayslake is a village in Lake County in Illinois  in the United States.

Grayslake has a main lake called Grays Lake.

Villages in Illinois
Grayville is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Greenfield is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Greenville is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Griggsville is a city in Illinois in the United States.

References

Cities in Illinois
Hamilton is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Harrisburg is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Harvard is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Harvey is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in Cook County, Illinois
Havana is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Henry is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Herrin is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Hickory Hills is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in Cook County, Illinois
Highland Park is a city in Illinois in the United States.  As of 2020, the population was 30,176.

On July 4, 2022, a mass shooting happened at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, killing seven people.

References

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Highland is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Highwood is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Hillsboro is a city in Illinois in the United States.

References

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Hometown is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in Cook County, Illinois
Hoopeston is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Hurst is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Jacksonville is a city of Morgan County, west-central Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Jerseyville is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Johnston City is a city in Illinois in the United States. It is in Williamson County.

History 
The city used to be called Jeffersonville. In the beginning of the 1900s, the city had many new people move in. These people moved for the coal mines. Ever since 1940 the population has gotten smaller. This is because of the coal mines not being used anymore.

References

Cities in Illinois
Joliet is a city in Illinois in the United States. Joliet is 40 miles southwest of Chicago, and is the county seat of Will County. About 150,000 people lived in Joliet as of the year 2020. From 1990 to 2010, Joliet was one of Illinois' quickest growing cities, and one of the quickest growing cities in the United States. It is also home to the Chicagoland Speedway used by NASCAR annually.

References 

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
1833 establishments in the United States
1830s establishments in Illinois
Kankakee  is a city in Illinois, United States. It is also the county seat of Kankakee County.

U.S. House of Representatives member Adam Kinzinger was born in Kankakee.

History
The Potawatami lived in the area beginning sometime in the 18th century.  In 1833 the Potawatami signed a treaty with the United States government. They agreed to leave the region and move west.  Kankakee was founded in 1854.

References

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Keithsburg is a city of Mercer County in the state of Illinois in the United States.

References

Cities in Illinois
Kewanee is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Kinmundy is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Knoxville is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
La Harpe is a city in Illinois in the United States. In 2020 there were 1,175 people living in La Harpe. It is in Hancock County. It is 697 feet above sea level.

The city is named for Berrard de LaHarpe, a French explorer. During the 1715 he spent winter in the area. The area was settled in the 1830's and the first post office opened in 1836.

References

Cities in Illinois
Lacon is a city in Illinois in the United States. It is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.

References

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Lake Forest is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Lanark is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
LaSalle is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Lawrenceville is a city in Illinois in the United States.

County seats in Illinois
Cities in Illinois
Le Roy is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Geography
Le Roy is located at  (40.347168, -88.762293).

According to the 2020 census, Le Roy has a total area of , of which  (or 99.2%) is land and  (or 0.8%) is water.

References

Other websites
 City of LeRoy official website

Cities in Illinois
Lebanon is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Leland Grove is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Lena is a village in Stephenson County, Illinois in the United States.

References

Villages in Illinois
Lewistown is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Lexington is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Lincoln is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Lisle is a village in the state of Illinois in the United States.
It has two high schools, two junior highs, and an elementary school.
One high school is the Lisle Senior High.

Villages in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in DuPage County, Illinois
Litchfield is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Lockport is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Lombard is a village in Illinois in the United States.

Villages in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in DuPage County, Illinois
Macomb is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Macon is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Madison is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Marengo is a city in Illinois in the United States.  The population was 7,568 at the 2020 census.

References

Cities in Illinois
Marion is a city in Illinois in the United States.

References

Other websites

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Markham is a city in Illinois in the United States.  It is in Cook County.  The population was 11,661 at the 2020 census.

References 

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in Cook County, Illinois
Maroa is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Marquette Heights is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Marseilles is a city in Illinois in the United States. The population was 4,845 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Ottawa–Streator Micropolitan Statistical Area.

References

Cities in Illinois
Marshall is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Martinsville is a city in Clark County, Illinois, United States. In 2020, the population was 1,118.

References

Cities in Illinois
Mascoutah is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Mason City is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Mattoon is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
McHenry is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
McLeansboro is a city in Hamilton County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,675 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Hamilton County.

References

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Mendota is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Metropolis is a city in Illinois in the United States. It is the county seat of Massac County, Illinois.

References

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Midlothian is a village in Illinois in the United States.

Villages in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in Cook County, Illinois
Minonk is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Mokena is a village in Illinois in the United States.

Villages in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Moline is a city in Illinois in the United States. It is one of the Quad Cities. As of 2020, 42,985 people lived there.

References

Cities in Illinois
Momence is a city in Illinois in the United States. In 2020, 3117 people lived in it.

References

Cities in Illinois
Monmouth is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Monticello is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Morris is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Morrison is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Mound City is a city in the U.S. state of Illinois.

References

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Mounds is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Mount Carmel is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Mount Carroll is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Mount Olive is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Mount Pulaski is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Mount Sterling is a city in Illinois in the United States. It is the county seat of Brown County.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Mount Vernon is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 14,600 at the 2020 census.

References

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Murphysboro is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Naperville is a city in Illinois in the United States. It is ranked the 4th biggest in Illinois. It was founded by Joseph Naper who founded it along with the DuPage River in 1831. Before any settlement, Naperville was home to Native American tribes. In 1641, the first Caucasian contact with Native Americans in Illinois. They were kicked out by the Potawami tribe that kicked out the Ilinewek tribe whom they had made contact with Native Americans. Naper arrived with his friends and family to what would be known as Napers Settlement. He was known for many things in Naperville as it was incorporated as a community in 1857. The county is named after the river, DuPage County. These churches were built by the early families of Naperville such as the Hobsons, Napers, and Scotts as they built seven  churches. Naperville became an important stop from Chicago and Ottawa. By 1832, there were 180 residents living in Naperville whom they had built sawmills, stores, the Pre-Emption Hotel, and gristmills
. Du-Page County was established in 1839 and Naperville became the county seat. Eight businesses in Naperville contributed to the building of the Southwest Plank Road. This was completed in 1851 and connected Chicago, Naperville, and Oswego.
Naperville grew and grew for the next century as stone quarries flushed providing building materials for Chicago after the horrible fire of 1871. The Stenger Brewery shipped beer across the region. The Kroehler Manufacturing Company became Naperville’s largest employer which shipped furniture by rail into Chicago and many dominant markets.    

Naperville became a city in 1890 with a population of 2,629 from the 1900 census. It grew to 12,933 residents by 1960. Between 1890 and 1920, residents began to receive basic city services like water, sewers, electricity, and landlines.
The suburban boom began in the western suburbs after the second world war, Naperville remained out of the range of growth until 1954, when plans for a transportation system began as it was announced as the East-West toll road. The route slirted the northern edge of Naperville and included an interchange which linked the city to downtown Chicago via the completed Eisenhower Expressway.  As a result, residential, industrial, and retail services boomed in Naperville. The city expanded to 50 square miles in 1993, with a population of 128,358 in 2000. Among the area, only Aurora and Chicago were larger in size.   

Many new buisnesses attracted to the Naperville area were based in development and research. During the late 50s and 60s, Argonne National Laboratory, Northern Illinois Gas, AT&T Bell Laboratories, etc were established in Naperville
Harold Moser led the residential boom with his first subdivision in 1956. By 1965, Moser had subdivided 8,000 building lots and built 3500 homes in the Naperville area.    

According to the 2010 census, Naperville has an area of 39.323 square miles of which 38.77 square miles is land and 0.553 square miles is water.   

Portions of Naperville drain to the West of the Dupage River.   

As of the 2020 census, the population of Naperville would be 149,540 making it the fourth populous city in the state of Illinois with the largest employer being Edward Hospital with 4500 employees.   

Naperville is home to Moser Tower and Millennium Carillion, is one of the fourth largest in the world. 

It is home to extensive parks and forest preservation networks like Centennial Beach. Naperville has two school districts, 203 and 204.  

Naperville has had two major floods, one in 1996 and the other in 2013.

References
  
  

 

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in DuPage County, Illinois
Nashville is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Nason is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Nauvoo is a city in Illinois in the United States.  It was settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Joseph Smith, the founder and prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, built a temple in Nauvoo, Illinois, according to what he saw in a vision. 

Joseph Smith    

original temple was burnt, but a new one was built in 2002.  Later in the 19th century, there was a utopian (ideal) colony built by a group called the Icarians. 

Cities in Illinois
Neoga is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
New Boston is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Newman is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Newton is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Nokomis is a city in Illinois in the United States.  It is in Montgomery County.

References

Cities in Illinois
Normal is a town in McLean County, Illinois, in the United States. It is considered a "Twin City" of Bloomington, Illinois. Normal was originally called North Bloomington. Its name was changed to Normal after Illinois State Normal University was built there.

Towns in Illinois
North Chicago is a city in Illinois in the United States.  It is in Lake County.

North Chicago has the Great Lakes Naval Training Center and the headquarters of Abbott Laboratories.

References

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Northlake is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in Cook County, Illinois
O'Fallon is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Oak Forest is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in Cook County, Illinois
Oakbrook Terrace is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in DuPage County, Illinois
Oakland is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Oglesby is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Olney is a city in Illinois in the United States. It is the county seat of Richland County.

Other websites 

 Olney city official website

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Oneida is a city in Illinois in the United States.

References

Cities in Illinois
Oregon is a city in Ogle County, Illinois, United States. Oregon is also the county seat. The population was 3,604 people in the 2020 census.

References

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Orient is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Orland Park is a village in Illinois in the United States. In 2020, 58,703 people lived there.

References

Villages in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in Cook County, Illinois
Ottawa is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Palos Heights is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in Cook County, Illinois
Palos Hills is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in Cook County, Illinois
Pana is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Paris is a city in Illinois in the United States. 

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Park City is a city in Illinois in the United States. There were 7,885 people living in the city, according to the 2020 census.

References

Other websites 

 

Cities in Illinois
Park Ridge is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a Chicago suburb.  The population was 39,656 at the 2020 census. It is located  northwest of downtown Chicago. It is close to O'Hare International Airport, major expressways, and rail transportation. It is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area, bordering three northwestern neighborhoods of Chicago's Far North Side (Edison Park, Norwood Park, and O'Hare.)

As its name suggests, Park Ridge lies on a ridge. The soil is abundant with clay deposits, which made it a brick-making center for the developing city of Chicago. Park Ridge was originally called Pennyville to honor George Penny, the businessman who owned the local brickyard along with Robert Meacham. Later it was named Brickton. The Des Plaines River divides Park Ridge from neighboring Des Plaines, Illinois, which is west of Park Ridge. Chicago is south and east of Park Ridge, and Niles and unincorporated Maine Township are to its north.

References
References

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in Cook County, Illinois
Paxton is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Pekin is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Peru is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Petersburg is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Pinckneyville is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Pittsfield is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Plano is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Pleasant Hill is a village of Pike County in the state of Illinois in the  United States.

References

Villages in Illinois
Polo is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Pontiac is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Princeton is a city in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. It is also the county seat of Bureau County. In 2020, 7,832 people lived there. Princeton is part of the Ottawa Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History
Bureau County was a New England settlement. The first people of Princeton were from New England. These people were "Yankees." They were part of a group of New England farmers who went west into what was then the wilds of the Northwest Territory during the early 1800s. Most of them came because of the Erie Canal. When they came to what is now Bureau County, there was nothing but forest and wild prairie. The New Englanders created farms, built roads, created government buildings and created post routes. Culturally, Bureau County would be very similar with early New England culture for most of its history. During slavery, it was a stop on the Underground Railroad at the home of Owen Lovejoy.
Princeton's old nickname was "The City of Elms" because there were many elm trees in Princeton during the middle of the 20th century.

Geography
Princeton is at  (41.378481, −89.466924). The United States Census Bureau says that Princeton has a total area of . All of it is land.

People

2020 census
The 2020 census says that there were 7,832 people living in Princeton. They made up 3,533 households.

Infrastructure

Transportation
Amtrak has service to Princeton. It is on the California Zephyr, the Illinois Zephyr, the Carl Sandburg and the Southwest Chief. It goes daily in both directions between Chicago and points west from Princeton.

Education
Princeton has the Princeton High School. It is the oldest township high school in the state. It was created in 1867.

Famous people
William Bascom, folklorist, anthropologist
 E. Leslie Conkling, educator and Illinois state legislator
 Henry C. Doolittle, state assemblyman from Wisconsin
 William Dyke, Wisconsin judge and politician
 Virgil Fox, one of the greatest organist of the 20th Century
 Billy Garrett, auto racer
 Gary Green, guitarist for the band Gentle Giant
 Thomas P. Gunning, dentist and Illinois state senator
 Madison Gonterman, head football coach at Indiana University 1896–97
 Jerry Hadley, opera singer and recitalist
 Kathryn Hays, television actress (birth name Kay Piper)
 Frank Fernando Jones, Iowa state legislator
 Paul Kell, NFL player with the Green Bay Packers
 Keith Knudsen, drummer with the Doobie Brothers
 Owen Lovejoy, Congressman, key supporter of Abraham Lincoln, and a leader in the Underground Railway movement to free slaves
 Asa Mercer, founder of the University of Washington
 Bruce Nickells, harness racing driver and trainer; grew up in Princeton
Ben Parr, author of Captivology, former co-editor of Mashable and columnist for CNET
 Joseph R. Peterson lawyer and Illinois state legislator
 Robert Petkoff, noted Broadway and television Actor, graduated from Princeton High School
 Joseph "Joe" Ruklick, NBA basketball player with the Philadelphia Warriors
 Josh Taylor, actor in Days of Our Lives soap opera and television features
 Justin Tranchita, actor and artist
 William V. Thompson, bowler
 Richard Widmark, Oscar-nominated actor of 61 movies, he was senior class President when he graduated from Princeton High School
 Milo Winter, children's book artist
 Nick Young, radio newscaster with CBS and WBBM
References

Other websites

City of Princeton, Illinois – official website
Princeton Tourism Bureau – official website
Princeton Chamber of Commerce – official website

1830s establishments in Illinois
Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Prophetstown is a city in Illinois in the United States. The population was 1,946 at the 2020 census.

References

Cities in Illinois
Prospect Heights is a city in Illinois in the United States. It is a suburb of Chicago. In 2020, 16,058 people lived there.

References

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in Cook County, Illinois
Red Bud is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Robinson is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Rochelle is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Rock Falls is a city in Illinois in the United States. There were 8,789 people living in the city, according to the 2020 census.

References 

Cities in Illinois
Rock Island is a city in Illinois in the United States. It is part of the Quad Cities of northwest Illinois and southeastern Iowa. It is named for an island, now called "Arsenal Island" and one of the world's largest arsenals.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Rockford is a city of Illinois in the United States. It is in Northern Illinois, at the junction of Interstate 90 and Interstate 39. It is one of the largest cities in the state of Illinois, with a population of 148,655 in 2020. An AHL team called the Rockford IceHogs play there.

References

Other websites
 Rockford's Official city website 

 
County seats in Illinois
Rolling Meadows is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in Cook County, Illinois
Roodhouse is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Rosiclare is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Roxana is a village in Illinois in the United States.

Villages in Illinois
Rushville is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Salem is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Sandwich is a city in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population is 7,221 and is in the county's DeKalb, Kendall and LaSalle. It is nicknamed, "The Fair City".

References

Other websites 
 Official city website 

Cities in Illinois
Savanna is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Sesser is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Shawneetown is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Shelbyville is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Silvis is a city in Illinois in the United States. It got its name in 1906.

References

Cities in Illinois
South Beloit is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Sparta is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Spring Valley is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
St. Charles is a city in Illinois in the United States. In the 2020 census, St. Charles had a population of 33,081. It is located on the Fox River between South Elgin, Illinois to the north and Geneva, Illinois to the south.

References

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in DuPage County, Illinois
St. Elmo is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
St. Francisville is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Staunton is a city in Illinois in the United States.

References

Cities in Illinois
Sterling is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Streamwood is a village in Illinois in the United States. In 2020, 39.577 people lived there.

References

Villages in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in Cook County, Illinois
Streator is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Sullivan is a city in the U.S. state of Illinois.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Sumner is a city in Illinois in the United States. According to the 2020 census, the city has a total area of , all land.

References

Cities in Illinois
Sycamore is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Vandalia is a city in Fayette County, Illinois, United States. It is  northeast of St. Louis, on the Kaskaskia River.  It was the capital of Illinois from 1819 to 1839.  (The state legislature moved the capital from Kaskaskia to a more central location in Vandalia.) It was also the west end of the National (Cumberland) Road, which is now U.S. Highway 40.  Today it is the county seat of Fayette County and the home of the Vandalia State House State Historic Site (1836). The population was 7,458 at the 2020 census.

References

Cities in Illinois
Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Venice is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Vienna is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Villa Grove is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Villa Park is a village in Illinois in the United States.

Villages in Illinois
Settlements in DuPage County, Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Virden is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Virginia is a city in the state of Illinois in the United States.

References

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Wamac is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Warrenville is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in DuPage County, Illinois
Warsaw is a city in Hancock County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,510 at the 2020 census. People know the city for its historic downtown and the Warsaw Brewery.

History
The city of Warsaw began in 1814. Future president Zachary Taylor founded Fort Johnson on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River across from the mouth of the Des Moines River. Fort Johnson was occupied only for a few weeks before it was burned. In 1815 another military camp, Fort Edwards, was built nearby at a different location. Warsaw became an important fur trading post and one of the earliest European-American settlements in western Illinois.
During the 1840s, Warsaw was one of the centers of opposition to the Mormons at Nauvoo. Thomas C. Sharp, who edited the Warsaw Signal at this time lead the anti-Mormons.  The Mormons tried to set up a settlement at Warren, a site just south of Warsaw.  In 1841 Willard Richards moved to Warsaw to oversee the settlement of Warren, but due to the public response to writings by Sharp and other problems, the Mormon settlement was abandoned in 1842. In October 1844, a great gathering was announced in Warsaw. Although it claimed to be a "wolf hunt," people knew that the "wolves" to be hunted were the Mormons. When Governor Thomas Ford heard about it, he sent militia troops to disperse the gathering. Most Mormons left the area for Utah in 1846.
The city has a well-preserved downtown with a number of remaining historic businesses. Founded by German immigrants, the Warsaw Brewery opened in 1861 and operated for more than 100 years, ending production in 1971.  The facility was renovated and reopened in 2006 as a bar and restaurant.

Notable residents
 John Milton Hay, an American statesman, diplomat, author, journalist, and private secretary and assistant to Abraham Lincoln, was raised in Warsaw.  He served as United States Secretary of State from 1898 to 1905 under presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
 Illinois politician Benjamin F. Marsh represented the area and is buried in Warsaw.

References

Cities in Illinois
Washington is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Waterloo is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Watseka is a city in Illinois in the United States.

References

Other websites

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Waukegan () is the largest city in and the county seat of Lake County, Illinois, United States. It is a suburb of Chicago, therefore part of the Chicago metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population of Waukegan was 89,321.

References

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Waverly is a city in Illinois in the United States.  It is in Morgan County.  The population was 686 at the 2020 census.

References

Cities in Illinois
Wenona is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
West Chicago is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in DuPage County, Illinois
West Frankfort is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
West Peoria is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Wheaton is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
County seats in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago
Settlements in DuPage County, Illinois
White Hall is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Wilmington is a city of Will County in the state of Illinois, in the United States.

References

Cities in Illinois
Winchester is a city in Illinois in the United States. It is the county seat of Scott County.

References

County seats in Illinois
Cities in Illinois
Windsor, Shelby County is a city in Illinois in the United States.

Cities in Illinois
Witt is a city in Illinois in the United States.  It is in Montgomery County.

References

Cities in Illinois