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Watseka, IL - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Watseka  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Watseka Home page. The Watseka Home page provides as much information as possible on Watseka. Knowing Watseka’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Watseka’s Home page, you will also find Watseka’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Watseka has a population of 4956. 42.9% of Watseka’s inhabitants are Male, and 57.1 are female. 37.9% of Watseka is married and 61.8% own their own home. The Average Home price is $78,575, and the average rent is $661. Household median income in Watseka is $38,162, and the individual median income is $20,000. Watseka’s Ethnic is the following: White(95.4%), Hispanic(3.1%), Other(2.1%), Asian(1.1%), Multiple(0.8%), Black(0.6%).


Incorporated in 1865, the name "Watseka" derives from the Potawatomi name "Watch-e-kee", "Daughter of the Evening Star", the wife of early eastern Illinois settler Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard.The Old Iroquois County Courthouse was constructed in 1866, with two additions built in 1881 and 1927. In the early 1960s, an Iroquois County resident, Mrs.


Katherine Clifton, bequeathed to the county in her will a large sum of money and a site upon which to build a new courthouse. It is the only courthouse in the United States built entirely with private funds. The old courthouse was advertised for sale and fell into disuse. In 1967, during the Centennial Celebration of Watseka, the Iroquois County Historical Society was organized, and circulated petitions throughout the county not to sell the Old Courthouse.


The petitions were approved by the County Board of Supervisors, and the Old Courthouse re-opened as a museum that same year. In 1975, the Old Courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.


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