EARLY SETTLEMENTS Following are the older of the smaller Swedish settlements of which the time of first settlement is positively known : Settlement County Founded Lafayette .......... Stark .......................................... 1846 Henderson Grove. .Knox .......................................... 1849 Beaver, ............ Iroquois .............................. .......... 1853 Pecatonica ......... Winnebago .................................... 1854 Avon .............. Fulton ......................................... 1854 Toulon ............. Stark .......................................... 1855 \Vyanet ........... Bureau ....................................... 1855 New Windsor ...... Mercer. ....................................... 1859 New Boston, ....... Mercer ...................................... 1859 Following are the smaller Swedish settlements of more recent date, the year of first settlement being definitely known : Settlement County Founded Coal Valley ....... Rock Island .................................... 1863 Farmersville ..... McLean ........................................ 1863 Bloomington ...... McLean ...................................... 1865 Woodhull ......... Henry ......................................... 1865 Aledo ............. Mercer ........................................ 1 866 Roseville .......... Warren ...................................... 1867 Nekoma ........... Henry .......................... ............ .... 1867 Evanston .......... Cook ........................................... 1868 Lockport ........... Will ........................................... 1768 Danville ........... Vermillion ..................................... 1869 Ophiem ............ Henry ............... .......................... 1870 Lynn ............. Henry ......................................... 1870 Osco ................ Henry ......................................... 1870 Cambridge ......... Henry ......................................... 1870 Donovan ........... Iroquois ....................................... 1872 Earlier Swedish settlements where the year of founding is doubt ful are : Elgin Kane County ............................................. 1852 Aurora, Kane County ............................................. 1 857 More recent Swedish settlements of doubtful date are as follows: Settlement County Founded Neoga .......... Cumberland ..................................... 1862 Varna ............ Marshall ......................................... 1868 Joliet ............ Will ............................................. 1870 Biggsville .......Henderson ..................................... 1872 Lemont .......... Cook .......................................... 1872 Kirkland, ........ DeKalb .......................................... 1872 Highwood ........ Lake ............................................ 1874 New Bedford ..... Bureau .......................................... 1874 Rankin ........... Ford ............................................ 1875 Port Byron ....... Rock Island ................................... 1875 Prophetstown ..... Whiteside ....................................... 1875 Morrison .......... Whiteside ....................................... 1875 Oregon ............ Ogle ........................................... 1876 Settlement County Founded Sibley ...................... Ford ...................................................................................... 1879 Gibson City ............ Ford .......................................................................................... 1881 Peoria, ..................... Peoria ................................................................................... 1883 Streator .................... La Salle ................................................................................ 1884 Putnam. ................... Putnam .................................................................................... 1885 La Grange ................ Cook .................................................................................... 1887 Clarence .................. Ford ..................................................................................... 1887 Morris ...................... Grundy ................................................................................ 1889 Gladstone ................ Henderson ......................................................................... 1889 Canton ................... Fulton ..................................................................................... 1890 Stronghurst ............. Henderson ............................................................................. 1892 Waukegan ................ Lake ........................................................................................ 1892 Wenona ................... Marshall ............................................................................. 1892 Lily Lake ............... Kane ....................................................................................... 1894 Belvidere .................. Boone. ................................................................................ 1894 Cable ......................... Mercer ................................................................................... 1895 U'tica ....................... Fulton ................................................................................ 1900 Granville .................... Putnam .................................................................................. 1902 Sandwich .................. DeKalb ................................... ............................................ 1904 Beyond this individual Swedes with or without families are to be found in almost every part of the state.
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