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Wilmington's most notable geographical features is a large island in the Kankakee River, much of which is occupied by a city park. This island divides the river into a large channel and a smaller one which was used as a natural mill race during the early years of the city. The island is the
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located on the northwest corner of state Rt 53 (Rt 66) and Water street (Rt 102). It later became famous as a stop on
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1709:communities
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1662:Plum Valley
1612:Custer Park
1602:Bonnie Brae
1428:Tinley Park
1379:Park Forest
1367:Orland Park
1277:Bolingbrook
1183:County seat
808:Burt Keeley
786:(1892–1942)
755:other races
417: /
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355:Eagle Hotel
299:Will County
1802:Categories
1742:Ghost town
1672:Rest Haven
1617:Eagle Lake
1569:Wilmington
1549:Washington
1534:Plainfield
1401:Romeoville
1390:Plainfield
1329:Homer Glen
1283:Braceville
1242:Wilmington
1236:Naperville
1220:Crest Hill
845:References
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405:88°08′46″W
402:41°18′27″N
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1687:Sunnyland
1677:Ridgewood
1559:Wheatland
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1037:April 23,
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1385:Peotone
1346:Minooka
1306:Diamond
1272:Beecher
1059:June 4,
741:, 0.4%
737:, 1.4%
432:Chicago
337:History
319:Chicago
277:Website
272:2397328
106:Founded
73:Country
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1722:Pierce
1717:Ballou
1657:Marley
1592:Andres
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1469:Custer
1417:Steger
1373:Oswego
1352:Mokena
1335:Lemont
1323:Godley
1312:Elwood
1225:Joliet
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1200:Cities
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1707:Other
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1494:Homer
1464:Crete
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1301:Crete
747:Asian
735:White
718:−1.0%
713:5,664
703:11.5%
698:5,724
683:5,134
668:4,743
653:4,424
638:4,335
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623:4,210
613:74.6%
608:3,354
598:10.3%
593:1,921
583:25.8%
578:1,741
568:−4.6%
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548:1,450
538:−9.9%
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518:1,576
503:1,872
488:1,828
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240:60481
223:UTC-5
202:UTC-6
183:5,664
129:Mayor
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1584:CDPs
1564:Will
1544:Troy
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673:7.2%
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643:3.0%
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