Tiskilwa, IL

Tiskilwa is a village in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. The 2022 census counted 728 residents. Tiskilwa is part of the Ottawa Micropolitan Statistical Area. Exelon Wind, a division of Exelon Power, owns and operates the Illinois Wind AgriWind Project in Tiskilwa. Tiskilwa's Strawberry and Artisan Festival is held on the second Saturday in June; it celebrates Tiskilwa's strawberry season and showcases area artists. The festival offers fresh berries and strawberry shortcake, live entertainment, children's activities and food vendors in downtown Tiskilwa from late morning through early afternoon.

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Tiskilwa's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Illinois setting. The local scoop is how Tiskilwa's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Prior to and following European settlement in Illinois, Tiskilwa was a Potawatomi village. In 1836, Augustus Langworthy platted and established a town called Windsor where Tiskilwa now stands. Tiskilwa High School closed in 1996.