Kent, Illinois
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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.
History
Kent was surveyed and platted in 1887 at the same time the
Chicago Great Western Railroad laid its tracks through Stephenson County.[1] 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.[1] Kent is probably named for the Reverend Aratus Kent, a traveling evangelist from Galena, Illinois.[2] The post office in present-day Kent was established on July 29, 1850.[2]
Geography
Kent is located in
Jo Daviess County line. It is also in proximity to Pearl City.[1]
Demographics
According to the 2000 Census, statistics which included the village of Kent and its surrounding
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 1110745974).
- ^ ISBN 0252033566).
- ^ See Census reference map[permanent dead link].
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
Further reading
- Keister, Philip Lincoln. Kent: For a Century and a Quarter, 1827-1952, Windmill Publications, 2000 (reprint of 1952 sesquicentennial book), (ASIN B0006E8MP0).
- Knowlton, D.A. "Presbyterianism in Stephenson County, Illinois", pp. 193–96, Illinois State Historical Society, Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, vol. 11, 1918.
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