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2. List of unincorporated communities in Illinois - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of unincorporated communities in Illinois, arranged in alphabetical order: A. Adair ...

3. Arlington Heights, Illinois - Wikipedia

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   The land that is now the Village of Arlington Heights was controlled by the Miami Confederacy (which contained the Illini and Kickapoo tribes) starting in the early 1680s. The Confederacy was driven from the area by the Iroquois and Fox in the early 1700s. The French-allied Potawatomi began to raid and take possession of Northern Illinois in ...

4. Morrill Land-Grant Acts - Wikipedia

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   Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 51–841, 26 Stat. 417, enacted August 30, 1890. The Morrill Land-Grant Acts are United States statutes that allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges in U.S. states using the proceeds from sales of federally owned land, often obtained from Native American tribes through treaty, cession, or ...

5. LaSalle County, Illinois - Wikipedia

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   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,148 square miles (2,970 km 2), of which 1,135 square miles (2,940 km 2) is land and 13 square miles (34 km 2) (1.1%) is water. It is the second-largest county in Illinois by land area and the fourth-largest by total area. Adjacent counties

6. Land trust - Wikipedia

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   A conservation land trust is a private, non-profit corporation in the US that acquires land or conservation easements for the purpose of limiting commercial development and preserving open space, natural areas, waterways, and/or productive farms and forests. In the United States, the land owned by the United States government and held in trust ...

7. Illinois Territory - Wikipedia

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   Illinois Territory. The Territory of Illinois was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 1, 1809, [1] until December 3, 1818, when the southern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Illinois. Its capital was the former French village of Kaskaskia on the Mississippi River ...