Kickapoo State Recreation Area
- Kickapoo State Recreation Area
Infobox_protected_area | name = Kickapoo State Recreation Area, Illinois, USA
iucn_category = V
caption = Map of the U.S. state of Illinois showing the location of Kickapoo State Recreation Area
locator_x = 235
locator_y = 172
location = Vermilion County, Illinois, USA
nearest_city = Oakwood, Illinois
lat_degrees = 40
lat_minutes = 07
lat_seconds = 00
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 87
long_minutes = 44
long_seconds = 09
long_direction = W
area = convert|2842|acre|km2|2|lk=on
established = 1939
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
governing_body = Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Kickapoo State Recreation Area is an Illinois state park on convert|2842|acre|km2|2| in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. The name may come from the Kickapoo village that once existed near the meeting of the Salt Fork and Middle Fork branches of the Vermilion River. Kennekuk, after whom Kennekuk Cove County Park was named, lived there.
There is a cemetery within the park called Allhands Cemetery.
History
Clint C. Tilton, a local newspaper owner and historian, began the drive that brought this park to Vermilion County.[cite book]
last = Stapp
first = Katherine
coauthors = W. I. Bowman
title = History Under Our Feet: The Story of Vermilion County, Illinois
publisher = Interstate Printers and Publishers, Inc.
year = 1968
location = Danville, Illinois
pages = p. 48] References
*cite web |url= http://dnr.state.il.us/Lands/Landmgt/PARKS/R3/KICKAPOO.HTM |title= Kickapoo State Recreation Area|accessdate=2007-05-21 | publisher = Illinois Department of Natural Resources
*cite news | author= USGS | url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?latd=40&latm=7&lats=0&lond=87&lonm=44&lons=9&datum=NAD83&u=6| title= Kickapoo State Park, USGS Danville SW (IL) Quad | publisher= TopoQuest | accessdate= 2008-07-05
External links
* [http://www.co.vermilion.il.us/park02.htm Kickapoo State Park Pictures]
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