Pecatonica River
The Pecatonica River is a tributary of the Rock River, 194 miles long, in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois in the United States. The word Pecatonica is an anglicization of two Algonquian language words: Bekaa, which means "slow", and niba, which means "water", forming the conjunction Bekaaniba or "Slow Water".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Illinois and Wisconsin in the United States
- Also known as: “Muddy River”, “Peekotonokee River”, “Peektano River”, “Pekotonokee River”, “Pektanon River”, and “West Fork Petakolica River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rockton Historic District and Macktown Historic District.
Rockton Historic District
Park
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The Rockton Historic District is a national historic district which encompasses much of the village of Rockton, Illinois. The district includes 208 buildings, most of which are residential.
Macktown Historic District
Tourism office
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The Macktown Historic District is a national historic district encompassing the remains of the Macktown settlement in Winnebago County, Illinois. Established in the late 1830s at the confluence of the Pecatonica and Rock Rivers, Macktown was one of the first settlements in northern Illinois.
H.D. Jameson House
House
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The H.D. Jameson House is a historic house located at 900 North Prairie Street in Rockton, Illinois. Local merchant and farmer H.D. Jameson built the house in 1855.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rockton and South Beloit.
Rockton
Village
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Rockton is a village in Winnebago County, Illinois. It is located in the Rock River Valley and is part of the Rockford metropolitan area. The population was 7,863 at the time of the 2020 census.
South Beloit
Village
South Beloit is a city in Winnebago County, Illinois, United States. It is a suburban extension of Beloit, Wisconsin, located along the Illinois–Wisconsin border within the Rockford metropolitan area. The population was 7,989 at the 2020 census. South Beloit is situated 3½ miles northeast of Pecatonica River.
Roscoe
Village
Roscoe is a village in Winnebago County, Illinois, along the Rock River. It is in a suburban area of the Rockford, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the village population was 10,983. Roscoe is situated 4 miles southeast of Pecatonica River.
Pecatonica River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Winnebago, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Pecatonica River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر بيكاتونيكا”
- Catalan: “Pecatonica”
- Cebuano: “Pecatonica River”
- Chinese: “佩卡頓尼卡河”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر بيكاتونيكا”
- French: “Pecatonica”
- German: “Pecatonica River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Pecatonica”
- Spanish: “Río Pecatonica”
- Venetian: “Pecatonica”
- Welsh: “Afon Pecatonica”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as South Bluff Homes and Northgate Estates.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Settler’s Park and Walt Williamson Park.
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