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Neponset is a village in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. The population was 473 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Ottawa–Streator Micropolitan Statistical Area. The community was established in 1855 when the newly completed Central Military Tract Railroad (later renamed the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad) built a station there. Soon afterward, the U.S. Post Office was moved to Neponset from Brawby, a hamlet formerly located two miles north of the present village. The Village of Neponset, as a municipality, dates from 1864 when a charter of incorporation was granted by the Illinois General Assembly. Neponset was named for the Massachusetts hometown of Myron Lee, the railroad's first agent at the Neponset station. One of the highest points (if not the highest point) between Chicago and the Mississippi River on the mainline of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (now the Burlington Northern Santa Fe) is just outside of Neponset. Much of the farmland surrounding Neponset is currently devoted to production of corn and soybeans. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Neponset was noted as a center of livestock production, particularly hogs. Hogs shipped from Neponset were noted by buyers in the Chicago livestock markets both for their numbers and superior quality, years before nearby Kewanee was proclaimed the "Hog Capital". Neponset has one gas station. This was built within the last decade, and saves residents from having to drive to Kewanee for gas and items of convenience. This gas station composes a major portion of the Neponset business district. Other businesses are Martin Engineering and Lindbeck Auto Sales. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neponset,_Illinois en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_... |
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| Author | Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA |
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