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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]

Aiken, Illinois
Unincorporated community
Aiken highlighted on 1911 USGS Map
Aiken
Aiken
Coordinates: 42°21′09″N 90°24′55″W
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyJo Daviess
Elevation
643 ft (196 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes815 and 779
GNIS feature ID422391[1]

References


  1. "Aiken". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. "Ashkum, IL - Ashkum, Illinois Map & Directions - MapQuest".
  3. (27 May 1901). Aiken, The Beautiful, Galena Daily Gazette
  4. (6 September 1889). A Great Game, Galena Daily Gazette
  5. (17 July 1906). Building New Town, Galena Daily Gazette
  6. (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)
  7. "Aiken Populated Place Profile / Jo Daviess County, Illinois Data".


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