Aiken, Illinois Explained

Official Name:	Aiken, Illinois
Settlement Type:	Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:	Illinois#USA
Pushpin Label:	Aiken
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	United States
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Name1:	Illinois
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Jo Daviess
Timezone:	Central (CST)
Utc Offset:	-6
Timezone Dst:	CDT
Utc Offset Dst:	-5
Elevation Ft:	643
Coordinates:	42.3525°N -90.4153°W
Area Codes:	815 and 779
Blank Name:	GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:	422391

Aiken is a rural unincorporated community lying in Rice Township in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States, near the Iowa border.^[1]

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. Paul & Kansas City Railroad.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

It is located at latitude 42.353 and longitude -90.415.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ashkum, IL - Ashkum, Illinois Map & Directions - MapQuest.
2. (27 May 1901). Aiken, The Beautiful, Galena Daily Gazette
3. (6 September 1889). A Great Game, Galena Daily Gazette
4. (17 July 1906). Building New Town, Galena Daily Gazette
5. (7 February 1888). Railroad Items, Galena Daily Gazette ("has been appointed agent at Aiken, the new station at the junction of the Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City and the C. B. & N., about a mile and a half south of Galena Junction)
6. Web site: Aiken Populated Place Profile / Jo Daviess County, Illinois Data.