Kewanee

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Kewanee

Total population

11,913

Median home value

$73,200

16%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$50,886

Kewanee$51k

National$74k

Founded

1854

Elevation244 m

Land area17.42 km²

Coordinates41.24°, -89.93°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Kewanee is a city in Henry County, Illinois. "Kewanee" is the Winnebago word for greater prairie-chicken, which lived there. The population was 12,509 in the 2020 census, down from 12,916 in 2010.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Richard Estes

American painter (born 1932)

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David Turnbull

American materials scientist (1915–2007)

Rudolph Scholz

American rugby union player (1896-1981)

Glenn McDonald

American basketball player and coach

Jason Ringenberg

American musician, singer-songwriter, family music entertainer

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Abbey Curran

American model

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Belden Hill

American baseball player

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Dennis Nelson

American football player

Don Peden

American football player and coach, baseball coach, college athletics administrator (1898-1970)

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Em Lindbeck

American baseball player (1934-2008)

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George W. Lilley

American academic (1850-1904)

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Luke Short

American writer (1908-1975)

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Margaret Frazer

American historical novelist

Teresa A. Sullivan

President of the University of Virginia (2010-2018)

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Walter T. Bailey

American architect (1882-1941)

Cardon V. Burnham

American composer, musicologist and music theorist (1927-2005)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Illinois

• La Fayette
  9.3 mi away
• Mineral
  10.9 mi away
• Annawan
  11 mi away · pop. 865
• Atkinson
  12.7 mi away · pop. 982
• Cambridge
  14.3 mi away
• Geneseo
  18.9 mi away
• Manlius
  20 mi away
• Joslin
  26.1 mi away · pop. 56
• Colona
  26.6 mi away · pop. 5,139
• East Galesburg
  28.7 mi away
• Barstow
  29.4 mi away
• Bureau Junction
  29.4 mi away

Browse all places in Illinois →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Kewanee

1900 Kewanee, Illinois census index & abstract

David N. Rodgers · 1984

Kewanee Illinois, The Boiler City

1922

A genealogy of the Waller family of Åmots Bruk, Sweden, and Kewanee, Illinois

S. G. Youngert · 1931

Kewanee, Illinois, the Boiler City, showing in pictures its leading manufacturies, business houses, residences and other places of interest

Published by W.R. Jenkins under auspices American Legion · 1922

Streetcars in Kewanee and Galva, Illinois

Fred Rozum · 2008

The Illinois State Housing Board tells the Kewanee story!

Illinois. State Housing Board · 1949

Pictorial Kewanee

1907

Ground-water geology of the Rock Island, Monmouth, Galesburg, and Kewanee area, Illinois

John E. Brueckmann · 1968

Search results from Open Library.