Aiken, Illinois | |
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Coordinates: 42°21′09″N 90°24′55″W / 42.35250°N 90.41528°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Illinois |
County | Jo Daviess |
Elevation | 643 ft (196 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area codes | 815 and 779 |
GNIS feature ID | 422391 [1] |
Aiken is a rural unincorporated community lying in Rice Township in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States, near the Iowa border. [2] It was originally established as a whistle stop around 1887, and lay along trunk lines of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railroad. [3] [4] [5] [6] It is located at latitude 42.353 and longitude -90.415. [7]