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Millington, Kendall County, Illinois, USA



 


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Wikipedia 2018:

Millington is a village in Kendall and LaSalle counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 458 at the 2000 census.

The Kendall County portion of Millington is part of the Chicago–Naperville–Joliet Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the LaSalle County portion is part of the Ottawa–Streator Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History:

The town's motto was recently changed a few years ago to "Along the Fox" and this phrase was displayed on a welcome sign on either side of town on Church Street and Millington Road. The signs have since been taken down due to significant fading, and they have been replaced with metallic signs that simply announce that you have entered the town.

The graveyard is vast and populated with over 3,000 people. Most remarkably is a Revolutionary War veteran on the north side. The whole graveyard is stamped with the images of time and meaning specific to Fox Valley. The cemetery itself is simply located at the top of the Church Street Hill, right as you enter the town, if you are driving north from Newark, IL. It is named simply "Millington-Newark Cemetery". There is a small chapel on the south side. There are also many remarkable graves. If you take the time to investigate, you will see many families of prestige buried there. Also, you will see many, many abandoned graves. Sometimes, in the early spring, you may see some pretty flowers growing around long-forgotten graves waving in the breeze. These are the seeds buried long ago by Millington children in mourning for those long forgotten.

The town boasts a few local businesses including Last Chance Saloon, Millington Auto, and Fox Paintball. It also has its own post office and park. The town park sits on land that once surrounded the operating school. Now this building is used as the town hall where town meetings take place along with other public events. In the past few years, Millington has expanded across the Fox River. Belle Riv subdivision is home to several homes.

The town used to have a theme song that would be sung in elementary school: "The potatoes they grow small in Millington. The potatoes they grow small in Millington. The potatoes they grow small and we pick them in the fall. Oh, the potatoes they grow small in Millington." They also used to sing another song in school called "The Sunny Always Shines in Millington."

Ort : Geographische Breite: 41.5625305, Geographische Länge: -88.59840739999999


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   Nachname, Taufnamen    Geburt    Personen-Kennung 
1 Litsey, John  10 Feb 1813Millington, Kendall County, Illinois, USA I174067

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1 Litsey, John  30 Sep 1890Millington, Kendall County, Illinois, USA I174067