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Watseka
Iroquois, Illinois
ZipCodes
60970
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Statistics & Facts
The Illinois state capital is Springfield.
The population of Watseka is approximately 5,424 (1990), 5255 (2010).
The approximate number of families is 2,303 (1990), 2285 (2010).
The amount of land area in Watseka is 6.462 sq. kilometers.
The amount of surface water is 0 sq kilometers.
The distance from Watseka to Washington DC is 602 miles.
The distance to the Illinois state capital is 125 miles. (as the crow flies)
Watseka is positioned 40.77 degrees north of the equator and 87.73 degrees west of the prime meridian.
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NOTED NOTABLES
Henry Bacon
designer of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, was born
November 28, 1866 in Watseka IL. He was a noted "Beaux-Arts" architect who also contributed to the design of the Rhode Island State House. Among other projects, Bacon also designed the Court of the Four Seasons for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, and the World War I Memorial at Yale University.
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