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Rice Township

Aiken

Aiken is a rural unincorporated community lying in Rice Township in , , United States, near the border. It was originally established as a whistle stop around 1887, and lay along trunk lines of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and Chicago, St.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: human settlement in Illinois, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Aiken, IL” and “Aiken, Illinois”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Galena Historic District and Galena.

Neighborhood
Photo: IvoShandor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a historic district located in the city of , United States. The historic district encompasses 85 percent of the city of Galena and includes more than 800 properties. is situated 4½ miles north of Aiken.

Photo: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0.
is a city in the 16 miles east of , , and 163 miles west from . is known as "The City that Time Forgot" for its rich 19th century heritage.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community located in Elizabeth Township, , , United States. is situated 5 miles east of Aiken.

Aiken

Latitude
42.35251° or 42° 21′ 9″ north
Longitude
-90.41541° or 90° 24′ 56″ west
Elevation
643 feet (196 metres)
Open location code
86JF9H3M+2R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151923840
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
4882995
Wiki­data ID
Q4696926
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to South Azerbaijani—“Aiken” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “艾肯 (伊利諾伊州)”
  • Chinese: “艾肯”
  • French: “Aiken”
  • Irish: “Aiken”
  • Japanese: “エイキン”
  • Persian: “آیکن، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “آیکن”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آیکن، ایلینوی”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Aiken”. Photo: Rastapopulous, CC BY-SA 3.0.