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Pilot Township is one of seventeen townships in Kankakee County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,086 and it contained 859 housing units. [2] It was formed from a portion of Salina Township on March 11, 1857.
The Jacksonville Developmental Center was an institution for developmentally delayed clients, located in Jacksonville, Illinois. It was open from 1851 to November 2012. [ 1 ] As of December 2012 [update] , the 134-acre (54 ha) grounds was still owned by the State of Illinois.
The Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC) was a large state school in California, United States for people with developmental disabilities, and is located in Eldridge in Sonoma County. [1] Former names for this hospital include California Home for the Care and Training of Feeble Minded Children (1883); [ 2 ] Sonoma State Home (1909); [ 3 ] Sonoma ...
The Kankakee Downtown Historic District is a national historic district in downtown Kankakee, Illinois.The district includes 73 buildings which form the commercial and governmental center of the city, most of which are grouped along Court Street and Schuyler Avenue.
The Lincoln Developmental Center was a state school for people with developmental disabilities in Lincoln, Illinois. It was founded in 1877 as the Illinois Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children , became the Lincoln State School in 1954, and adopted its final name in 1975.
According to the Black Oaks Center, a local Black-run farm, “Pembroke was the 3rd largest hemp producer in the nation” during WWII. [10] Although the area struggles with high poverty rates and a decreasing population size, [3] the tradition of Black farmers continues in the area today with places like the Black Oaks Center [10] and Iyabo ...
Anna State Hospital, contemporarily known as Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center, is a public psychiatric hospital in Anna, Illinois, established in 1869. [ 3 ] [ 1 ] The original hospital was constructed under the Kirkbride Plan .
When Kankakee County was formed in 1853, Kankakee Depot competed with Momence to be named county seat. The influence of the Associates Land Company, who offered to donate a large block of land and $5000 for a courthouse, swayed voters to select Kankakee Depot as seat. [2] The first Kankakee County Courthouse was built shortly thereafter.