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Kaskaskia (Ill.)

LC control no.n 82116959
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingKaskaskia (Ill.)
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Geographic subdivision usageIllinois--Kaskaskia
Found inRandolph Co. Records, 1718-1870.
Wikipedia, Dec. 1, 2014 (Most of the town was destroyed in April 1881 by flooding.... [T]he town was cut off from the Illinois mainland and mostly destroyed by repeated flooding and a channel change by the Mississippi River....The river now passes east rather than west of the town)
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GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; N 37° 55' 17'' W 89° 54' 47'')
Wikipedia, Dec. 1, 2014 (Kaskaskia is a historically important village in Randolph County, Illinois, United States)
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Geographic area coden-us-il