Wilton Center, IL

Wilton Center is an unincorporated community and census designated place in southern Will County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census counted 122 residents. Wilton Center is located on flat land 10 miles northeast of Wilmington, 5 miles south of Manhattan, and 8 miles west of Peotone. Ce-nag-e-wine and Joseph Laughton, the son of a David Laughton and Potawatomi woman, were Potawatomi tribal leaders who, in 1832, were given reservations next to one another along the Forked Creek. Wilton Center Elementary School was closed, after a November 2013 vote by the board of trustees, resulting in a 4–3 outcome.

In Wilton Center, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Wilton Center, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. This area was referred to as the "Twelve Mile Grove" and would later be known as Wilton Center. U.S. Route 52 goes through Wilton Center. Other roads in Wilton Center are Arsenal Rd.