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Ottawa is a city in and the county seat of LaSalle County, Illinois, United States.It is located at the confluence of the navigable Fox River and Illinois River, the latter being a conduit for river barges and connects Lake Michigan at Chicago, to the Mississippi River, and North America's 25,000 mile river system.
4 Children for Sale is a photograph that depicts a mother, Lucille Chalifoux, hiding her head as her four children sit unwittingly beneath a sign that offers all of them for sale. [2] The photo was first published by the Vidette-Messenger of Valparaiso, Indiana on August 5, 1948 and was circulated widely during the following week.
LaSalle County, Illinois. LaSalle County is a county located within the Fox Valley and Illinois River Valley regions of the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 Census, it had a population of 109,658. [3] Its county seat and largest city is Ottawa. [4] LaSalle County is part of the Ottawa, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area of Northern Illinois .
There are 102 counties in Illinois. The most populous of these is Cook County, the second-most populous county in the United States and the home of Chicago, while the least populous is Hardin County. The largest by land area is McLean County, while the smallest is Putnam County. Illinois's FIPS state code is 17 and its postal abbreviation is IL.
The LaSalle County Highway System is a county-maintained system of arterial county highways in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. They are marked with the standard M1-6 [1] pentagon-shaped highway marker on the base of traffic signals at intersections with other county highways. They are not marked on any freeway or tollway exits or ...
1889. Lake Township, also known as the Town of Lake, was a 42-square-mile (109 km 2) former civil township in Cook County, Illinois, which now forms the south-west portion of Chicago. It was bounded by present-day Pershing Road (3900 South) on the north, State Street (0 East/West) on the east, 87th Street (8700 South) on the south, and Crawford ...
Cuba Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 16,826. [2] Cuba Township was originally named Troy Township, but was renamed to Cuba in support of the López Expedition of 1851, when it was discovered the township name of Troy was already taken. [3] [4]
Menard County, Illinois. / 40.03°N 89.8°W / 40.03; -89.8. Menard County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 United States Census, it had a population of 12,297. [ 1] Its county seat is Petersburg. Menard County is part of the Springfield, Illinois, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area .