KEWANEE

kewanee, a city of henry county, illinois, u.s.a., in the n. w. part of the state, about 55 m. n. by w. of peoria. pop. (1900), 8382, of whom 2006 were foreign-born; (1910 census), 9307. it is served by the chicago burlington & quincy railroad and by the galesburg & kewanee electric railway. among its manufactures are foundry and machine-shop products, boilers, carriages and wagons, agricultural implements, pipe and fittings, working-men's gloves, &c. in 1905 the total factory product was valued at $6,729,381, or 61.5% more than in 1900. kewanee was settled in 1836 by people from wethersfield, connecticut, and was first chartered as a city in 1897.