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Watseka

city in and county seat of Iroquois County, Illinois, United States
City City in the United States Q575268

Facts

19 properties

Identity

Instance of
city in the United States
Inception
1843[7]
Official website
www.watsekacity.com[8]
Official name
Watseka[13]

Location

Country
United States[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 40.776°, -87.736°
Located in or next to body of water
Iroquois River[3]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Iroquois County[1]

Population and size

Area
7.973329 km², 7.902274 km² (2010)[16][17]
Elevation above sea level
193 m[15]
Population
4.7k (4.7k–5.4k, n=3)[9][10][11]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 5,375 · 5,255 · 4,679 GeoNames 5,070 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Local dialing code
815[6]
Postal code
60970[5]
More facts +6
Capital of
Iroquois County[12]
Named after
Watseka[4]
Number of households
2,384 (2020)[14]
Per capita income
24,915 USD (2020)[20]
Territory overlaps
Watseka urban area[19]
Water as percent of area
0% (2010)[18]
🏷️ Also known as
en Watseka en Watseka, IL en Watseka, Illinois ar واتسكا es Watseka (Illinois) fa واتسه‌کا، ایلینوی ja ウォツィーカ ru Ватсека uk Воцека zh 瓦齊卡 (伊利諾伊州)
🔖 Identifiers · 22
VIAF cluster ID
157148862
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n83226416
GND ID
1278510516
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
20120324 073 Theater, Watseka, Illinois (7379411860).jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
4131
FIPS 55-3 (locations in the US)
17-79228
FactGrid item ID
R23
Freebase ID
/m/0s8dm
GNIS Feature ID
420641, 2397217
GeoNames ID
4915703
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
watseka
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0432287
Show all 22 identifiers +10
J9U entity ID
987007567052805171
MusicBrainz area ID
548a1913-8ace-45ff-9417-43d91e3c3552
OpenStreetMap relation ID
126675
OpenWeatherMap city ID
4915703
Topic's main category
Category:Watseka, Illinois
UN/LOCODE
USXOD
WOEID
2515304
Who's on First ID
85938439
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJtRKgYT8QR6VQYRVrr6rq
Yale LUX ID
place/e32ebfe8-7920-4f48-b595-b0c228cf9725
📚 Sources · 1
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Located in time zoneP421
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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
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Bronze
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🔗 Connections
People born here 8
P. C. Cast, Henry Bacon, Rex Everhart, Fern Andra, Craig Calhoun, Vaughn Walker, Curtis Painter, Wendell P. Kay
← Place of publication 2
Iroquois County Time-Republic, Iroquois County Times-Democrat
Capital of 1
Iroquois County
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Watseka, Illinois
Contained subdivisions 1
Iroquois County Time-Republic
Country 1
United States
FactGrid item ID 1
R23
Instance of 1
city in the United States
Located in or next to body of water 1
Iroquois River
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Iroquois County
People who died here 1
Jessie Sumner
← Capital 1
Iroquois County
← Category combines topics 1
Category:People from Watseka, Illinois
← FactGrid item ID 1
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . watsekacity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [1] ↑ . watsekacity.com. watsekacity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . watsekacity.com. watsekacity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . watsekacity.com. watsekacity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . watsekacity.com. watsekacity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . watsekacity.com. watsekacity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . 2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-11-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Watseka
    "Created claim: Named after: Watseka"
  2. 9d ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-11-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim: Image: 20120324 073 Theater, Watseka, Illinois (7379411860).jpg"
  3. 9d ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-11-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → 20120324 073 Theater, Watseka, Illinois (7379411860).jpg
    "Changed claim: Image: 20120324 073 Theater, Watseka, Illinois (7379411860).jpg"
  4. 9d ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-11-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim: Official name: Watseka"
  5. 9d ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-11-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim: Inception: 1843"
  6. 9d ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-11-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim: Instance of: city in the United States"
  7. 9d ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-11-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim: Located in or next to body of water: Iroquois River"
  8. 9d ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-11-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim: Located in the administrative territorial entity: Iroquois County"
  9. 9d ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-11-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim: Located in the administrative territorial entity: Iroquois County"
  10. 9d ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-11-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim: Instance of: city in the United States"
  11. 9d ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-11-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim: Locator map image: Iroquois County Illinois Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Watseka Highlighted.svg"
  12. 7w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → 40.776°, -87.736°
    Instance of → city in the United States
    Water as percent of area → 0 percent
    Number of households → 2,384
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #56499: Import GND IDs via DNB dump"
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