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Joliet, Illinois

Index Joliet, Illinois

Joliet is a city in Will and Kendall counties in the U.S. state of Illinois, southwest of Chicago. [1]

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Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery

The Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery covers in Elwood, Illinois.

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Al Capone

Alphonse Gabriel Capone (January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit.

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Alternative fuel vehicle

An alternative fuel vehicle is a vehicle that runs on a fuel other than traditional petroleum fuels (petrol or Diesel fuel); and also refers to any technology of powering an engine that does not involve solely petroleum (e.g. electric car, hybrid electric vehicles, solar powered).

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Alton Railroad

The Alton Railroad was the final name of a railroad linking Chicago to Alton, Illinois, St. Louis, Missouri, and Kansas City, Missouri.

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Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is a passenger railroad service that provides medium- and long-distance intercity service in the contiguous United States and to three Canadian cities.

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Area codes 815 and 779

Area code 815 is a telephone area code for most of northern Illinois outside the Chicago and Quad Cities areas.

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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the larger railroads in the United States.

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Atlantic Championship

The Atlantic Championship is a formula race car series with races throughout North America.

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Autobahn Country Club

Autobahn Country Club is an auto racing road course located in Joliet, Illinois, operated as a country club, while also hosting many outside events.

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Black Hawk War

The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader.

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Bob O'Dekirk

Bob O'Dekirk (born 1969 or 1970) is the mayor of Joliet, Illinois.

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Caesars Entertainment Corporation

Caesars Entertainment Corporation, is an American gaming corporation based in Paradise, Nevada that owns and operates over 50 casinos and hotels, and seven golf courses under several brands.

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Casino

A casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities.

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population.

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Central Time Zone

The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some Caribbean Islands, and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

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Channahon Township, Will County, Illinois

Channahon Township is located in Will County, Illinois.

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Channahon, Illinois

Channahon is a village in Grundy and Will counties in the U.S. state of Illinois.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Chicago metropolitan area

The Chicago metropolitan area, or Chicagoland, is the metropolitan area that includes the city of Chicago, Illinois, and its suburbs.

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Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tronc, Inc., formerly Tribune Publishing.

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Chicago Union Station

Chicago Union Station is a major railroad station that opened in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, replacing an earlier station built in 1881.

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Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad

The Chicago, Milwaukee, St.

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Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad

The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P RW, sometimes called Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway) was a Class I railroad in the United States.

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Chicagoland Speedway

Chicagoland Speedway is a tri-oval speedway in Joliet, Illinois, southwest of Chicago.

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Community college

A community college is a type of educational institution.

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Council–manager government

The council–manager government form is one of two predominant forms of local government in the United States and Ireland, the other being the mayor–council government form.

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County seat

A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish.

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Crest Hill, Illinois

Crest Hill is a city in Lockport Township, Will County, Illinois, United States.

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Dairy Queen

Dairy Queen, often abbreviated DQ, is a chain of soft serve ice cream and fast-food restaurants owned by International Dairy Queen, Inc., a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

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Dan Aykroyd

Daniel Edward Aykroyd (born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, musician, and filmmaker.

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Des Plaines River

The Des Plaines River is a river that flows southward for U.S. Geological Survey.

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DuPage River

The DuPage River is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway

The Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway was a Class I railroad, operating between Waukegan, Illinois and Gary, Indiana.

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Elwood, Illinois

Elwood is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States.

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Federal Information Processing Standards

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States federal government for use in computer systems by non-military government agencies and government contractors.

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Frontier League

The Frontier League is a professional, independent baseball organization located in the Midwestern United States.

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Harrah's Joliet

Harrah's Joliet is a riverboat casino in Joliet, Illinois, outside Chicago, operated by Caesars Entertainment.

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Heritage Corridor

The Heritage Corridor Line (HC) is a Metra commuter rail line in Chicago, Illinois, and its suburbs.

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High school (North America)

High school is a term primarily used in the United States to describe the level of education students receive from approximately 14 to 18 years old, although there is some variation.

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Humid continental climate

A humid continental climate (Köppen prefix D and a third letter of a or b) is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, which is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold in the northern areas) winters.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Illinois and Michigan Canal

The Illinois and Michigan Canal connected the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico.

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Illinois Department of Corrections

The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) is the code department of the Illinois state government that operates the adult state prison system.

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Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice

The Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) is the code department of the Illinois state government that acts as the state juvenile corrections agency.

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Illinois Route 171

Illinois Route 171 (IL 171) is a north–south state road in northeastern Illinois.

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Illinois Route 53

Illinois Route 53 (IL 53) is an arterial north–south state highway in northeast Illinois.

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Illinois Route 59

Illinois Route 59 is a north–south state highway in northeastern Illinois.

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Illinois Route 7

Illinois Route 7 is a northeast–southwest state road in northeastern Illinois.

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Interstate 355

Interstate 355 (I-355), also known as the Veterans Memorial Tollway, is an Interstate Highway and tollway in the western and southwest suburbs of Chicago in the U.S. state of Illinois.

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Interstate 55

Interstate 55 (I-55) is a major Interstate Highway in the central United States.

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Interstate 55 in Illinois

Interstate 55 (I-55) is a major north–south Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of Illinois that connects the St. Louis, Missouri, and Chicago metropolitan areas.

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Interstate 80

Interstate 80 (I-80) is an east–west transcontinental limited-access highway in the United States that runs from downtown San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, in the New York City Metropolitan Area.

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Interstate 80 in Illinois

Interstate 80 (I-80) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs from San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey.

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J. Peter Sartain

James Peter Sartain (born June 6, 1952), better known as J. Peter Sartain, is an American prelate of the Catholic Church.

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Jackson Township, Will County, Illinois

Jackson Township is in Will County, Illinois.

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Jacques Marquette

Father Jacques Marquette S.J. (June 1, 1637 – May 18, 1675), sometimes known as Père Marquette or James Marquette, was a French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Ste. Marie, and later founded St. Ignace, Michigan.

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Job Corps

Job Corps is a program administered by the United States Department of Labor that offers free-of-charge education and vocational training to young men and women ages 16 to 24.

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John Belushi

John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982) was an American comedian, actor, and singer.

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Joliet Area Historical Museum

The Joliet Area Historical Museum is a historical museum located in Joliet, Illinois.

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Joliet Army Ammunition Plant

Joliet Army Ammunition Plant (JOAAP, formerly known as the Joliet Arsenal) was a United States Army arsenal located in Will County, Illinois, near Elwood, Illinois, south of Joliet, Illinois.

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Joliet Catholic Academy

Joliet Catholic Academy (Joliet Catholic or JCA) is a coed Catholic High School located in Joliet, Illinois.

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Joliet Central High School

Joliet Central High School is a public secondary school located in Joliet, Illinois.

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Joliet Correctional Center

Joliet Correctional Center (originally known as Illinois State Penitentiary, colloquially as Joliet Prison, Joliet Penitentiary and the Collins Street Prison) was a prison in Joliet, Illinois, America from 1858 to 2002.

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Joliet East Side Historic District

The Joliet East Side Historic District is a set of 290 buildings in Joliet, Illinois.

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Joliet JackHammers

The Joliet JackHammers were a professional baseball team based in Joliet, Illinois, in the United States.

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Joliet Junior College

Joliet Junior College (JJC), a community college based in Joliet, Illinois, is the first public community college founded in the United States.

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Joliet Public Schools District 86

Joliet Public Schools District 86 is an elementary and middle school district headquartered in Joliet, Illinois.

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Joliet Regional Airport

Joliet Regional Airport is a public use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) west of the central business district of Joliet, a city in Will County, Illinois, United States.

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Joliet Regional Port District

The Joliet Regional Port District is a special-purpose district in Will County, Illinois.

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Joliet Route 66 Stadium

Joliet Route 66 Stadium is a baseball field located in Joliet, Illinois.

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Joliet Slammers

The Joliet Slammers are a professional baseball team based in Joliet, Illinois, that play in the independent Frontier League.

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Joliet Township High School District 204

Joliet Township High School District 204 (often shortened to JTHS) is a high school district located in Joliet in western Will County, Illinois.

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Joliet Township, Will County, Illinois

Joliet Township is located in Will County, Illinois.

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Joliet Union Station

Joliet Union Station is a former commuter and long-distance railroad station in Joliet, Illinois serving both Amtrak long-distance and Metra commuter trains.

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Joliet West High School

Joliet West High School, along with Joliet Central, makes up district 204 Joliet Township High School district in Joliet, Illinois.

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Joseph M. Siegel

Joseph Mark Siegel (born July 18, 1963) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as bishop of the Evansville.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Kendall County, Illinois

Kendall County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois, within the Chicago metropolitan area.

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Kevin Bacon

Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American actor and musician.

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LaSalle Street Station

LaSalle Street Station is a commuter rail terminal at 414 South LaSalle Street in downtown Chicago.

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Let's Go to Prison

Let's Go to Prison is a 2006 American comedy film directed by Bob Odenkirk and starring Dax Shepard, Will Arnett and Chi McBride.

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Lewis University Airport

Lewis University Airport is a public airport located 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Chicago, in the village of Romeoville in Will County, Illinois, United States.

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List of counties in Illinois

There are 102 counties in the state of Illinois.

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List of largest cities of U.S. states by population

This is a list of the five most populous incorporated places in each US state.

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List of Midwestern cities by size

Cities in the midwestern United States with at least 10,000 inhabitants as of the official United States 2010 census.

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List of municipalities in Illinois

Illinois is a state located in the Midwestern United States.

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List of towns and cities with 100,000 or more inhabitants/cityname: J

This is a list of big cities in the world believed to have 100,000 or more inhabitants, as of 2006.

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List of towns and cities with 100,000 or more inhabitants/country: T-U-V-W

This is a list of towns and cities in the world in alphabetical order, beginning with the letters T, U, V and W, by country believed to have 100,000 or more inhabitants.

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List of United States cities by population

The following is a list of the most populous incorporated places of the United States.

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Lockport Township, Will County, Illinois

Lockport Township is located in Will County, Illinois.

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Louis Joliet Mall

Louis Joliet Mall, formerly known as Westfield Louis Joliet Mall, is a shopping mall in Joliet, Illinois.

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Louis Jolliet

Louis Jolliet (September 21, 1645last seen May 1700) was a French Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a socially or ritually recognised union between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between those spouses, as well as between them and any resulting biological or adopted children and affinity (in-laws and other family through marriage).

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Mayor

In many countries, a mayor (from the Latin maior, meaning "bigger") is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

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Median income

Median income is the amount that divides the income distribution into two equal groups, half having income above that amount, and half having income below that amount.

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Metra

Metra is a commuter railroad in the Chicago metropolitan area.

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Michigan Central Railroad

The Michigan Central Railroad (reporting mark MC) was originally incorporated in 1846 to establish rail service between Detroit, Michigan and St. Joseph, Michigan.

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Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie

The Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie (MNTP) is a tallgrass prairie reserve and United States National Grassland operated by the United States Forest Service.

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Midwestern United States

The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the American Midwest, Middle West, or simply the Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2").

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Mining

Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually from an orebody, lode, vein, seam, reef or placer deposit.

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Minooka High School

Minooka Community High School, or MCHS, is a public four-year high school located in Minooka, Illinois, a southwest suburb of Chicago, in the United States.

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Municipal charter

A city charter or town charter (generically, municipal charter) is a legal document (charter) establishing a municipality such as a city or town.

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Na-Au-Say Township, Kendall County, Illinois

Na-Au-Say Township occupies the 6 mile square on the eastern edge of Kendall County, Illinois.

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NASCAR

National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock-car racing.

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National Hot Rod Association

The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) is a drag racing governing body, which sets rules in drag racing and hosts events all over the United States and Canada.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA; pronounced, like "Noah") is an American scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce that focuses on the conditions of the oceans, major waterways, and the atmosphere.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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New Lenox Township, Will County, Illinois

New Lenox Township is located in the heart of Will County, Illinois on US Route 30 and Interstate 80.

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New Lenox, Illinois

New Lenox is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States.

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Northern Illinois

Northern Illinois is a region generally covering the northern third of the U.S. state of Illinois.

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Northern League (baseball, 1993–2010)

The Northern League was an independent minor professional baseball league.

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O'Hare Transfer station

O'Hare Transfer is a commuter railroad station along Metra's North Central Service that serves Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

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Oswego Community Unit School District 308

Community Unit School District 308 is a public school district located in Oswego Kendall County, Illinois.

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Per capita income

Per capita income or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.

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Pirelli World Challenge

The Pirelli World Challenge is a North American auto racing series launched in 1990 by the Sports Car Club of America.

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Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202

Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202 is a public school district located in Illinois.

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Plainfield Township, Will County, Illinois

Plainfield Township is located in Will County, Illinois.

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Plainfield, Illinois

Plainfield is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States.

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Post-Tribune

The Post-Tribune of Northwest Indiana (formerly the Gary Post-Tribune) is a daily newspaper headquartered in Merrillville, Indiana, United States.

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Poverty threshold

The poverty threshold, poverty limit or poverty line is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.

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Prison Break

Prison Break is an American television serial drama created by Paul Scheuring, that was broadcast on Fox for four seasons, with 81 episodes from August 29, 2005 to May 15, 2009, and a fifth season which aired from April 4, to May 30, 2017.

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Pro Mazda Championship

The Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires debuted as a new series in 2013, replacing the Star Mazda Championship which ceased operation in 2012 after 22 years.

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Race and ethnicity in the United States Census

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin (the only categories for ethnicity).

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Rialto Square Theatre

The Rialto Square Theatre is a theater in Joliet, Illinois (U.S.). Opening in 1926, it was originally designed and operated as a vaudeville movie palace, but it now houses mainly musicals, plays, concerts, and standup comedy.

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Riverboat casino

A riverboat casino is a type of casino on a riverboat found in several states in the United States with frontage on the Mississippi River and its tributaries, or along the Gulf Coast.

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Robert Daniel Conlon

Robert Daniel Conlon (born December 4, 1948) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as Bishop of the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois.

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Rock Island District

The Rock Island District (RI) is a Metra commuter rail line from Chicago, Illinois, southwest to Joliet.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet in Illinois

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet in Illinois (Dioecesis Joliettensis in Illinois) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States.

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Romeoville, Illinois

Romeoville is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States.

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Route 66 Raceway

Route 66 Raceway is a drag race facility located in Joliet, Illinois.

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San Antonio

San Antonio (Spanish for "Saint Anthony"), officially the City of San Antonio, is the seventh most populous city in the United States and the second most populous city in both Texas and the Southern United States.

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Sehring Castle

The Sehring Castle, commonly referred to as "The Castle" by its' neighbouring community, is a 19th-century limestone house.

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Seward Township, Kendall County, Illinois

Seward Township occupies the 6 mile square in southeast corner of Kendall County, Illinois.

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Shorewood, Illinois

Shorewood is a village in Troy Township, Will County, Illinois, United States.

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Silver Cross Hospital

Silver Cross Hospital is a 302-bed acute care/general hospital that was founded in 1895.

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Stateville Correctional Center

Stateville Correctional Center (SCC) is a maximum security state prison for men in Crest Hill, Illinois, U.S., near Chicago.

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Stir of Echoes

Stir of Echoes is a 1999 American supernatural horror film directed by David Koepp.

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Supernatural (U.S. TV series)

Supernatural is an American dark fantasy television series created by Eric Kripke.

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Texas Eagle

The Texas Eagle is a 1,306-mile (2,102 km) passenger train route operated by Amtrak in the central and western United States.

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The Blues Brothers

The Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revivalist band which was founded in 1978 by comedy actors Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on Saturday Night Live.

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The Blues Brothers (film)

The Blues Brothers is a 1980 American musical comedy film directed by John Landis.

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The Sting

The Sting is a 1973 American caper film set in September 1936, involving a complicated plot by two professional grifters (Paul Newman and Robert Redford) to con a mob boss (Robert Shaw).

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Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was an American statesman and writer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909.

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Troy Township, Will County, Illinois

Troy Township is located in Will County, Illinois.

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U.S. Route 30

U.S. Route 30 (US 30) is an east–west main route of the system of United States Numbered Highways, with the highway traveling across the northern tier of the country.

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U.S. Route 30 in Illinois

U.S. Route 30 (US 30) is an east–west arterial surface road in northern Illinois.

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U.S. Route 45

U.S. Route 45 is a major north–south United States highway and a border-to-border route, from Lake Superior to the Gulf of Mexico.

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U.S. Route 52

U.S. Route 52 (US 52) is a major United States highway in the central United States that extends from the northern to southeastern region of the United States.

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U.S. Route 6

U.S. Route 6 (US 6), also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, honoring the American Civil War veterans association, is a main route of the U.S. Highway system.

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U.S. Route 6 in Illinois

In the state of Illinois, U.S. Route 6 (US 6) is an east–west arterial surface road that runs from the city of Moline in the Quad Cities area to Lansing at the Indiana state line.

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U.S. Route 66

U.S. Route 66 (US 66 or Route 66), also known as the Will Rogers Highway, the Main Street of America or the Mother Road, was one of the original highways within the U.S. Highway System.

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U.S. Route 66 in Illinois

U.S. Route 66 (US 66, Route 66) was a United States Numbered Highway in Illinois that connected St. Louis, Missouri, and Chicago, Illinois.

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau (USCB; officially the Bureau of the Census, as defined in Title) is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.

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United States Department of Labor

The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is a cabinet-level department of the U.S. federal government responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, reemployment services, and some economic statistics; many U.S. states also have such departments.

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Universalist Unitarian Church of Joliet

The Universalist Unitarian Church of Joliet (UUCJ) is a Unitarian Universalist church, and is home to one of the oldest congregations in Joliet, Illinois.

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University of St. Francis

The University of St.

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What Is and What Should Never Be (Supernatural)

"What Is and What Should Never Be" is the twentieth episode of the paranormal drama television series Supernaturals second season.

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Wieboldt's

Wieboldt Stores, Inc., also known as Wieboldt's, did business as a Chicago general retailer between 1883 and 1987.

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Will County, Illinois

Will County is a county in the northeastern part of the state of Illinois.

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2010 United States Census

The 2010 United States Census (commonly referred to as the 2010 Census) is the twenty-third and most recent United States national census.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet,_Illinois

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