Watseka (Ill.)

URI(s)

• http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83226416

Codes

• n-us-il

Variants

• Watseka, Ill.
• City of Watseka (Ill.)

Identifies LC/NAF RWO

• http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n83226416

Identifies RWO

• https://d-nb.info/gnd/1278510516

• Descriptor

  Cities and towns

• Descriptor

  County seats

• Associated Locale

  United States

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cn++83226416#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• Illinois--Watseka
• Watseka Label from public data source Wikidata

Earlier Established Forms

• Middleport (Ill.)
• Watseka, Ill.

Sources

• found: Laws of the State of Illinois Enacted by the General Assembly, c1867:p. 656 (The name and separate existence of said town of Middleport shall be merged in that of Watseka)
• found: Jerry Lacy & Associates. City of Watseka, Illinois, 1982:map recto (Watseka)
• found: LC data base, 10/22/83(hdg.: Watseka, Ill.)
• found: Adams, J.N. Illinois place names, 1989:p. 539 (est. 4/8/1864; includes Middleport, South Middleport [no publs. in LC database])
• found: GeoNames, Oct. 24, 2014(ppl; N 40° 46' 34'' W 87° 44' 11'')
• found: Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2014(Watseka is a city in and the county seat of Iroquois County, Illinois, United States) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watseka,_Illinois

Instance Of

• MADS/RDF Geographic
• MADS/RDF Authority
• SKOS Concept

Scheme Membership(s)

• Library of Congress Name Authority File

Collection Membership(s)

• Names Collection - Authorized Headings
• LC Names Collection - General Collection

Change Notes

• 1983-10-31: new
• 2019-07-20: revised

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