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Kewanee (/ k iː ˈ w ɑː n iː / ⓘ) is a city in Henry County, Illinois. "Kewanee" is the Winnebago word for greater prairie chicken, which lived there. The population was 12,509 in the 2020 census, down from 12,944 in 2000.
- Kewanee Township, Henry County, Illinois
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- Kewanee Township, Henry County, Illinois
The name of Kewanee, for what was still an unincorporated village, was made official by an act of the Illinois state legislature on February 14, 1855. Kewanee sprang up almost overnight as many Wethersfielders literally picked up their homes and businesses and moved them one to two miles north.
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Click on a topic below about Kewanee history. See the “Documents” tab above for fully scanned Kewanee City Directories and many other documents. Western Tube (Updated 2020) Larry Lock’s 40+ Page History of Kewanee. Kewanee History Timeline. Annexation of Wethersfield.
Kewanee, city, Henry county, northwestern Illinois, U.S. It lies about 45 miles (70 km) northwest of Peoria. Potawatomi, Winnebago, Sauk, and Fox Indians were early inhabitants of the area. Kewanee was laid out in 1854 in anticipation of the arrival of the railroad.
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