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Bureau County (Illinois, USA)

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Bureau County, Illinois
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Bureau County, Illinois, is located in north central Illinois, about 120 miles (200 km) southwest of Chicago and 50 miles (80 km) north of Peoria. The Mennonites in the 1950s were located mostly in the southern part of the county. There were three Mennonite churches in the county, Willow Springs Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church (MC) ), four miles (6.5 km) southwest of Tiskilwa; Tiskilwa Mennonite Church (General Conference Mennonite), in Tiskilwa; Rockwell Mennonite Church (MC), in Sheffield. These three churches had a combined membership of about 220 in 1953. This made a Mennonite population of about 350 including the children.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, pp. 471-472. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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MLA style: Culp, Emanuel I. "Bureau County (Illinois, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 19 May 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/B8477.html.

APA style: Culp, Emanuel I. (1953). Bureau County (Illinois, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 May 2013, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/B8477.html.
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