Kent, Illinois

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Kent
Unincorporated community
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Sign leading into Kent, Illinois, which notes the population of both people and dogs.
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Kent
Kent (the United States)
Coordinates: 42°18′31″N89°54′07″W / 42.30861°N 89.90194°W / 42.30861; -89.90194 [1]
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
County Stephenson
Township Kent
Elevation
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896 ft (273 m)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total
79
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Zip code
61044
Area code 815
GNIS feature ID411409 [1]

Kent is an unincorporated community in Stephenson County, Illinois. Kent is home to Solutions Bank, K & M Feed Mill, St. Paul's Lutheran Church (ELCA), Nuestro Queso cheesemakers and Kent Fire Department.

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History

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Post office in Kent

Kent was surveyed and platted in 1887 at the same time the Chicago Great Western Railroad laid its tracks through Stephenson County. [2] When the village was founded it was the only village within its township and it was thought that the area had great potential for growth. [2] Kent is probably named for the Reverend Aratus Kent, a traveling evangelist from Galena, Illinois. [3] The post office in present-day Kent was established on July 29, 1850. [3]

Geography

Kent is located in Stephenson County, Illinois about 12 miles west of Freeport. [3] Kent is located in the southwestern part of its township, near the Stephenson-Jo Daviess County line. It is also in proximity to Pearl City. [2]

Demographics

According to the 2000 Census, statistics which included the village of Kent and its surrounding zip code area, [4] 274 people reside within the zip code 61044. [5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kent, Illinois
  2. 1 2 3 Fulwider, Addison L. History of Stephenson County, Illinois, Volume I, (Google Books link), BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2009 (reprint of public domain material), pp. 362-63, ( ISBN   1110745974).
  3. 1 2 3 Callary, Edward. Place Names of Illinois, (Google Books link), University of Illinois Press, 2008 p. 185, ( ISBN   0252033566).
  4. ↑ See Census reference map [ permanent dead link ].
  5. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.

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