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    Lacon is a city in, and the county seat of, Marshall County, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Peoria Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population...
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  • spy novels of John le Carré Places Lacon, Alabama Lacon, Illinois Lacon Township, Marshall County, Illinois Other Lacon (beetle), a click beetle genus L...
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    located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 11,742. Its county seat is Lacon. Marshall County is part of...
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    The Lacon Bridge crosses the Illinois River in the community of Lacon, Illinois. Built in 1939, it is one of the oldest crossings of the Illinois River...
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    southwest across western Illinois, past Lacon, Henry and downtown Peoria, the chief city on the river. South of Peoria, the Illinois River goes by East Peoria...
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  • Tornado outbreak of March 16–17, 1942 (category Tornadoes in Illinois)
    p. 48. "The Lacon F5 Tornado of March 16, 1942". National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office Central Illinois. Lincoln, Illinois: National Weather...
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  • Lynching of F. W. Stewart (category 1898 in Illinois)
    shortly after midnight on November 7, 1898, about a mile outside of Lacon, Illinois. Stewart had been accused of the assault of a miner's daughter in Toluca...
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  • southern Morgan County, Alabama, United States. Lacon was named after Lacon, Illinois. Built at the northern foot of Burleson Mountain, alongside the railroad...
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    Robert Boal Fort (category People from Lacon, Illinois)
    County, Illinois. Fort also served as a captain in the Spanish–American War and was the mayor of Lacon, Illinois. Robert Boal Fort was born in Lacon, Illinois...
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  • Jack E. Steele (category People from Lacon, Illinois)
    in Lacon, Illinois. He attended Mendota Township High School (Mendota, Ill), then went on to study general engineering at the University of Illinois and...
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  • Valerie Allen Marland (category People from Lacon, Illinois)
    Marland and served as that state's First Lady 1953–1957. She was born in Lacon, Illinois, and married Marland in 1942. As first lady, she dedicated most of...
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    County, on the west side of the Illinois River. The Lacon Bridge carrying Illinois Route 17 connects Sparland with Lacon, the Marshall county seat. IL 17...
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    Marshall County, Illinois, United States. It is located one nautical mile (2 km) east of the central business district of Lacon, Illinois. This airport is...
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  • Illinois – $18,363 Manito, Illinois – $18,345 Rome, Illinois – $18,345 Morrisonville, Illinois – $18,324 Lacon, Illinois – $18,309 Maroa, Illinois –...
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    to Roanoke. Via Route 17, Wenona is 8 miles (13 km) to the northeast and Lacon, the Marshall county seat, is 16 miles (26 km) to the west. According to...
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    Multiple sources: Grazulis 1993, p. 898 Grazulis 2001b, p. [page needed] "The Lacon F5 Tornado of March 16, 1942". www.weather.gov. US Department of Commerce...
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  • Edward A. Wilcox (category People from Lacon, Illinois)
    would also pursue that profession. In 1837, Wilcox's family moved to Lacon, Illinois. Wilcox attended public school there and later attended private schooling...
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    Heights West Peoria Bellevue Delavan Elmwood Farmington Glasford Hanna City Lacon Mackinaw Minier Minonk North Pekin Princeville Roanoke Rome (census-designated...
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    Almon Harris Thompson (category People from Lacon, Illinois)
    in Peoria, Illinois, on October 28, 1864, as a 1st lieutenant. After the war, Thompson served as superintendent of schools at Lacon, Illinois (1865–1867)...
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    Smaller continuous truss bridge over the Illinois River at Lacon, Illinois...
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  • This is a list of homicides in Illinois. This list includes notable homicides committed in the U.S. state of Illinois that have a Wikipedia article on...
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    Greenbury L. Fort (category People from Lacon, Illinois)
    1880. He retired from public life. He died in Lacon, Illinois, January 13, 1883. He was interred in Lacon Cemetery. He married Clara Boal, the daughter...
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    Robert Sproull (category People from Lacon, Illinois)
    physicist and US Department of Defense official. Sproull was born in Lacon, Illinois. A graduate of Deep Springs College, Sproull studied English literature...
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    Robert Boal (category People from Lacon, Illinois)
    schooling in Ohio, Boal moved to Lacon, Illinois, where he practiced medicine for thirty years. Boal was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1844, serving for...
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  • Charles N. Barnes (category People from Lacon, Illinois)
    the Illinois bar in 1884. He served as manager of the Springer Land Irrigation Company in New Mexico for a brief time. Barnes lived in Lacon, Illinois. He...
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    James D. Vernay (category People of Illinois in the American Civil War)
    Second Lieutenant with the 11th Illinois Infantry at the Battle of Vicksburg on 22 April 1863. Born in Lacon, Illinois, Vernay died on 19 July 1918 and...
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    Illinois is a state located in the Midwestern United States. According to the 2020 United States census Illinois is the 6th most populous state with 12...
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    United Methodist Church, Laingsburg, Michigan (1881 bell) Lacon Congregational Church, Lacon, Illinois (bell cast in 1890) Wilder Center, Wilder, Vermont Saugerties...
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  • Robert V. McGarvey (category People from Lacon, Illinois)
    died at age 64 on October 31, 1952, at St. Joseph Hospital in Joliet, Illinois, after suffering a heart attack. "McGarvey At Lincoln Fields: Veteran Brings...
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    00 km) long. Illinois 17 is the main street for numerous small towns in west central and central Illinois. It crosses the Illinois River at Lacon, and passes...
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