Kickapoo State Recreation Area
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| Kickapoo State Recreation Area, Illinois, USA | |
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| IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape) | |
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| Location | Vermilion County, Illinois, USA |
| Nearest city | Oakwood, Illinois |
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| Area | 2,842 acres (11.50 km²) |
| Established | 1939 |
| Governing body | Illinois Department of Natural Resources |
Kickapoo State Recreation Area is an Illinois state park on 2,842 acres (11.50 km²) in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. The name may come from the Kickapoo village that once existed near the meeting of the Salt Fork and Middle Fork branches of the Vermilion River. Kennekuk, after whom Kennekuk Cove County Park was named, lived there.
There is a cemetery within the park called Allhands Cemetery.
[edit] History
Clint C. Tilton, a local newspaper owner and historian, began the drive that brought this park to Vermilion County.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Stapp, Katherine; W. I. Bowman (1968). History Under Our Feet: The Story of Vermilion County, Illinois. Danville, Illinois: Interstate Printers and Publishers, Inc., p. 48.
- Kickapoo State Recreation Area. Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved on 2007-05-21.
- USGS. "Kickapoo State Park, USGS Danville SW (IL) Quad", TopoZone. Retrieved on 2007-05-21.
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