Aiken, Illinois
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Aiken, Illinois | |
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Coordinates: 42°21′09″N 90°24′55″W / 42.35250°N 90.41528°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Illinois |
County | Jo Daviess |
Elevation | 643 ft (196 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area codes | 815 and 779 |
GNIS feature ID | 422391[1] |
Aiken is a rural unincorporated community lying in Rice Township in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States, near the Iowa border.[2]
It was originally established as a whistle stop around 1887, and lay along trunk lines of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railroad.[3][4][5][6]
It is located at latitude 42.353 and longitude -90.415.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Aiken". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Ashkum, IL - Ashkum, Illinois Map & Directions - MapQuest".
- ^ (27 May 1901). Aiken, The Beautiful, Galena Daily Gazette
- ^ (6 September 1889). A Great Game, Galena Daily Gazette
- ^ (17 July 1906). Building New Town, Galena Daily Gazette
- ^ (7 February 1888). Railroad Items, Galena Daily Gazette ("has been appointed agent at Aiken, the new station at the junction of the Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City and the C. B. & N., about a mile and a half south of Galena Junction)
- ^ "Aiken Populated Place Profile / Jo Daviess County, Illinois Data".