Hitt, Illinois | |
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  Hitt  Hitt | |
| Coordinates: 41°19′00″N88°51′22″W / 41.31667°N 88.85611°W Coordinates: 41°19′00″N88°51′22″W / 41.31667°N 88.85611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | LaSalle |
| Township | South Ottawa |
| Elevation | 600 ft (200 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 815 & 779 |
| GNIS feature ID | 425693 [1] |
Hitt is an unincorporated community in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. Hitt is located along the southern border of Ottawa.
LaSalle County is located in the North Central region of the U.S. state of Illinois; it has an estimated population of 109,430 as of 2018 and its county seat and largest city is Ottawa.
Millington is a village in Kendall and LaSalle counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 665 at the 2010 census, up from 458 at the 2000 census.
LaSalle is a city in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States, located at the intersection of Interstates 39 and 80. It is part of the Ottawa, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area. Originally platted in 1837 over one square mile, the city's boundaries have grown to 12 sq mi (31 km2). City boundaries extend from the Illinois River and Illinois and Michigan Canal to a mile north of Interstate 80 and from the city of Peru on the west to the village of North Utica on the east. Starved Rock State Park is located approximately 5 mi (8 km) to the east. The population was 9,609 at the 2010 census, and was estimated to be 9,064 by July 2018. LaSalle and its twin city, Peru, make up the core of the Illinois Valley. Due to their combined dominance of the zinc processing industry in the early 1900s, they were collectively nicknamed "Zinc City."
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle was a 17th-century French explorer and fur trader in North America. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico. He is best known for an early 1682 expedition in which he canoed the lower Mississippi River from the mouth of the Illinois River to the Gulf of Mexico and claimed the entire Mississippi River basin for France.
La Salle, LaSalle or Lasalle is part of the title of two colonial persons, Jean-Baptiste de La Salle and René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle for whom many places and things are named. The name may refer to:
LaSalle County Nuclear Generating Station, located 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Ottawa, Illinois serves Chicago and northern Illinois with electricity. The plant is owned and operated by the Exelon Corporation. Its Units 1 and 2 began commercial operation in August 1982 and April 1984, respectively.
Robert Roberts Hitt was an Assistant Secretary of State and later a member of the United States House of Representatives.
LaSalle Township is located in LaSalle County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 13,565 and it contained 6,356 housing units. LaSalle Township was formed from Peru Township on an unknown date.
LaSalle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on 2,058 acres (833 ha) in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. It is a man-made lake, built as a cooling pond for the LaSalle County Generating Station.
Hitt or HITT can refer to:
The Ottawa, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of three counties in north central Illinois, anchored by the city of Ottawa. Peru and Streator are former primary cities.
Hitt, Illinois may refer to:
Lowell is an unincorporated community in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. Lowell is located on Illinois Route 178, 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Oglesby. The town was laid out around 1830 by William Seeley. It once thrived due its location on the Peoria-Chicago Stagecoach Route, the waterpower of the Vermilion River and the coal outcroppings along the river bluffs. It developed several stores and taverns, a mill and a brick factory and a railroad spur that connected to the Burlington Railroad. Its most famous resident was Benjamin Lundy, a fiery Quaker abolitionist who came to Illinois to be the successor of Elijah Lovejoy, recently murdered for his anti-slavery beliefs. Lundy published the paper, Genius of Universal Emancipation from Lowell. The town declined and today offers river rafting.
Science was a community in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States, located along the Illinois River just south of modern-day Utica.
Streatorland is an informal name given to the geographic area in North Central Illinois that is centered geographically, politically, culturally, and economically, around the city of Streator. It consists of areas in southern LaSalle County and northwestern Livingston. It can be more broadly defined as the area east of Interstate 39, west of Interstate 55, and south of the Illinois River. Depending on the source, the panhandle of LaSalle County can be considered a part of Streatorland. There are several small towns that lie in the Streatorland area and filter into the Streator school district, though there are other schools in the area.
East Wenona was a village in Osage Township, LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. East Winona was located on the eastern border of the city of Wenona in Marshall County. The village was incorporated on May 7, 1908, and had a population of 367 in 1910 and 333 in 1920. The village disincorporated between 1925 and 1927. East Wenona was noted on the 1940 Census map of LaSalle County.
Blakes is an unincorporated community in Serena Township, LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. Blakes is located along the Illinois Railway, 9.1 miles (14.6 km) north-northeast of Ottawa.
Danway is an unincorporated community in Miller Township, LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. Danway is 9.9 miles (15.9 km) northeast of Ottawa.
Welland is an unincorporated community in LaSalle and Lee counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The community is located in Mendota Township in LaSalle County and Brooklyn Township in Lee County. Welland is 6 miles (9.7 km) north-northeast of Mendota.
Leeds is an unincorporated community in Osage Township, LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. Leeds is located along the BNSF Railway in the southern panhandle of LaSalle County, 3.8 miles (6.1 km) northeast of Rutland.
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