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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.
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.
Danville is a city in and the county seat of Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 29,204. It is the principal city of the Danville micropolitan area.
Des Plaines is a city in Illinois in the United States. It has a Bulgarian Orthodox Church called Saint Sophias.
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".
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.
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.
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.
Grayslake is a village in Lake County in Illinois in the United States. Grayslake has a main lake called Grays Lake.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Marshall is a city and the county seat of Clark County, Illinois in Clark County, Illinois in the United States. according to the 2020 the population was 3,947 it observes UTC-6 in the summer and UTC-5 in the summer
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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".
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.
The Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP), developed by the IETF and created in 1998 as , is a protocol for use in streaming media systems, which allows a client to remotely control a streaming media server, issuing VCR-like commands such as "play" and "pause", and allowing time-based access to files on a server. The sending of streaming data itself is not part of the RTSP protocol. Most RTSP servers use the standards-based RTP as the transport protocol for the actual audio/video data. The RTSP server from RealNetworks also features RealNetworks' proprietary RDT as the transport protocol.
Alexandria is a city in the state of Indiana, in the United States. It was settled during the 1830s and 1840s by people who thought it would be linked by the planned 296-mile long Indiana Central Canal. The canal was never completed, and Alexandria did not really grow until the discovery of natural gas in 1887. The number of people living in the town grew from only 491 in 1887 to 7,221 in 1900. The world's largest steel mill was built, but the gas did not last. The mill was taken down and moved without ever producing steel. In 1943 the United States Office of War Information decided Alexandria was the typical American town. It published a book about the town called "Small Town, U.S.A".. This was to show what typical American people were like, how they lived, their beliefs and their values. Alexandria celebrates this choice with its annual "Small Town USA Festival."
Butler is a city in the state of Indiana, in the United States. History. Butler was created in 1866.
Columbus is a city in the state of Indiana, in the United States. In 2020, 50,474 people were living in Columbus.
Fort Wayne is a city in the U.S. state of Indiana and the county seat of Allen County. The population was 263,886 as of the 2020 Census, making it the 83rd most populous city in the United States and the second largest in Indiana after Indianapolis. The city is in northeastern Indiana, about west of the Ohio border and south of the Michigan border.  Under the direction of American Revolutionary War statesman Anthony Wayne, the United States Army built Fort Wayne. It was the last in a series of forts near the Miami tribe village of Kekionga in 1794. Named in Wayne's honor, the settlement established itself as a trading post for European pioneers. Fort Wayne was known for hosting the first ever nighttime baseball game. In 1982, there was a flood that forced 9,000 residents to leave their homes. It damaged 2,000 buildings and caused US$56.1 million in damage. Because of this, President Ronald Reagan visited the city. The city has been an All-America City Award winner. It won in 1982, 1998, and 2009. It received an Outstanding Achievement City Livability Award by the U.S. Conference of Mayors in 1999.
Gary is a city in the state of Indiana, in the Midwestern United States. Gary is known for its steel mills and for being the birthplace of singer Michael Jackson and former astronaut Frank Borman.  The population of Gary is less than 70,000. This is under half what it was in 1960. Industry has been reduced a lot since the 1960s. Most of the city's middle-class and white people moved away. It is now 75% African-American. Gary has a humid continental climate (Dfa in the Köppen climate classification).
Greencastle is a city in Greencastle Township, Putnam County, Indiana, United States, and the county seat of Putnam County. Before Greencastle became a city in 1861, it was a town. Greencastle, Indiana was founded in year 1821 by a man named Ephraim Dukes after he purchased and later sold some land to the local government. This type of purchase is called a land grant. Ephraim Duke named the settlement for his hometown of Greencastle, Pennsylvania. The population was 9,820 at the 2020 census. It is located near Interstate 70 approximately halfway between Terre Haute and Indianapolis in the west-central portion of the state. Greencastle is well known as being the location of DePauw University. Demographics. 2020 census. As of the census of 2020, there were 9,820 people, 3,564 households, and 2,020 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 3,908 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 86.7% White, 2.5% African American, 0.3% Native American, 3.0% Asian, 3.2% from other races, and 4.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.0% of the population. There were 3,564 households, of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.1% were married couples living together, 36.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 19.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 43.3% were non-families. 37.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76. The median age in the city was 30.7 years. 18.2% of residents were under the age of
Hammond is a city in the state of Indiana, in the United States. It is a sister city to Galaţi, Romania. As of 2020 about 78,000 people are living there.
Huntington is a city in the state of Indiana, in the United States. Major employers include UTEC (United Technologies Electronic Controls) and Continental Structural Plastics. In the early 2016, UTEC announced plans to move about 700 of its roughly 800 positions to Mexico.
La Porte is a city in the state of Indiana, in the United States. Infamous resident. In April 1908, the home of resident Belle Gunness burned down. The investigation found that Belle Gunness was a killer who would seduce males so she could kill them for their money. It is unknown exactly how many murders she committed-anywhere to from over a dozen to a suspected 50. There are two main beliefs of Belle Gunness fate; one is that she was killed in the fire caused by her accomplice Ray Lamphere [who died in prison of natural causes]; the other is that she tried to fake her own death [the remains of the woman found with Gunness children did not confirm to Gunness size and weight]. In April 1931 a woman called herself "Esther Carlson" was arrested in California on a charge of poisoning a man named August Lindstrom for his money; she died of natural causes before she could be tried or identified as Gunness..
Lake Station is a city in the state of Indiana, in the United States. Geography. Lake Station has a total area of 8.4 square miles.
Marion is a city in the state of Indiana, in the United States. The city is the county seat of Grant County. The city is the home of Indiana Wesleyan University.
Mishawaka is a city in the state of Indiana, in the United States. It is built on the banks of the St.Joseph River. First settled in the 1830's, in 2020 there were 51,063 people living in the city. The city is named after a Native American girl, Princess Mishawaka, the daughter of a Shawnee chief, Elkhart. History. The first European settlers came to the area after bog iron was found there in the 1830's. Being near the river, it was a good site for industry which could use river transport. The town was first called St.Joseph Iron Works, after the works which started there in 1833. Shortly after, three other small towns were joined together as the city of Mishawaka.
Montpelier is a city in Indiana in the United States. In 2020, there were 1,540 people living in Montpelier.
Muncie is a city in Indiana in the United States. It is known as "Middletown USA" because many sociological studies were conducted there because it was said to be the typical American city. The population of Muncie in 2020 was 65,194 people. Muncie is in Delaware County, about northeast of Indianapolis. The county was named after the Delaware Indians, a native American people, who had moved west from Ohio in the 1770's. They settled along the banks of the White River. One of the settlements was named Muncietown. In 1818 the Delaware signed a treaty with the US Government and moved out of the area to go further west. Middletown. Sociologists, Robert S. Lynd and his wife, Helen Merrell Lynd, studied Muncie in the 1920s. They wrote two books about life in Muncie called "Middletown: A study in modern American culture", and "Middletown in Transition". They wanted to study the typical small American city, which of course can not exist. They wanted to see how life in a city had changed from 1890 to 1925. They were going to study a city they way an anthropologist would study a primitive tribe. They decided to look at six parts of living in a city: They chose Muncie because it shared features with many other small cities. The selection was based on the following: Muncie was chosen from the 143 cities that met the above descriptions. Since then Muncie has been studied by other sociologists looking at life in America. The Ball State University in Muncie runs the Center for Middletown Studies to continue the research.
South Bend is a city in northern Indiana in the United States. It is the county seat of St. Joseph County near the St. Joseph River. In the year 2020, the city had 103,453 people living in it. It is the fourth largest city in Indiana. The University of Notre Dame is in South Bend.  The current mayor is James Mueller since 2020.
"This is about the town in Indiana, USA. For other towns called Tipton, see Tipton (disambiguation)." Tipton is a city in Indiana in the United States.
Valparaiso is a city in Indiana in the United States. 1917 Time Capsule. In 2006, in the town hall of Valaparaiso, a time capsule from 1917 was found. Inside was a letter, written by Louis James Gast in 1917. There were also photos, a telephone book, and magazine pages.
Washington is a city in Indiana in the United States. Plating of Washington took place in 1815. The town of Washington gave it its name.  Washington was traversed by the railroad in 1857. It was a significant depot and maintenance yard for the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad by 1889. The railroad was transferred to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1893. The railroad employed more than 1,000 people during this period.
Whiting is a city in the US state of Indiana. The city is in Lake County on the southern shore of Lake Michigan. It is a part of the Chicago Metropolitan District. There were 4,559 people living in Whiting according to the 2020 United States Census. The city is home to the Whiting Refinery. This is the biggest oil refinery in the Midwest.
Agency is a city in Iowa in the United States. The population of Agency was 620 in 2020. Agency's coordinates are .
Ames is a city in Iowa in the United States. In 2020 there were 66,427 people living in the city. It is was built between Skunk River and Squaw Creek, 35 miles north of the state capital, Des Moines. The town was first settled in 1864 as a railway town at a spot where the Skunk River could be crossed easily. It was named after Oakes Ames, a member of the US Congress who supported building the railway.  Ames is the home of the Iowa State University. It is also famous for being the home of the United States Department of Agriculture's National Animal Disease Center.
Ankeny is a city in Iowa in the United States. It has a population of 67,887 and is the 3rd biggest city in Polk County.
Aredale is a city in Iowa in the United States. Geography. Aredale is located at (42.834907, -93.004744).