Kaskaskia, Illinois

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former state capital historic place village

Kaskaskia, Illinois is a historic village on the Mississippi River that served as the first capital of Illinois and one of the earliest European settlements in the region.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Kaskaskia, Illinois canonical	7
Kaskaskia	6
Kaskaskia, Illinois Territory	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former state capital ⓘ historic place ⓘ village ⓘ
accessedFrom	Missouri by land ⓘ
capitalFrom	1818 ⓘ
capitalUntil	1819 ⓘ
capturedBy	George Rogers Clark ⓘ
capturedDuring	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
capturedInYear	1778 ⓘ
contains	Kaskaskia Bell State Memorial ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Randolph County, Illinois ⓘ
ethnicGroupAssociated	Illinois peoples ⓘ surface form: Kaskaskia people
formerCapitalOf	Illinois ⓘ
foundedAs	French colonial settlement ⓘ
foundedBy	French colonists ⓘ
geographicalChange	partially isolated by changes in Mississippi River course ⓘ
governedAs	unincorporated community ⓘ
hadInstitution	Catholic mission ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation	state historic site (Illinois) ⓘ
hasHistoricSite	Liberty Bell ⓘ surface form: Liberty Bell of the West
historicalEra	British colonial period in North America ⓘ French colonial period in North America ⓘ early United States period ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken	English ⓘ French ⓘ
locatedInRegion	American Bottoms ⓘ surface form: American Bottom Midwestern United States ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Mississippi River ⓘ
namedAfter	Illinois peoples ⓘ surface form: Kaskaskia people
notableFeature	frequent flooding ⓘ historic French colonial architecture remnants ⓘ small population ⓘ
partOf	French colonial Louisiana ⓘ surface form: French Louisiana Illinois Country ⓘ Upper Louisiana ⓘ
populationTrend	significant long-term decline ⓘ
postalCodeType	ZIP code ⓘ
predecessorCapitalOfIllinois	Vandalia, Illinois ⓘ
religiousHeritage	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
servedAs	administrative center of Illinois Territory ⓘ trading post on the Mississippi River ⓘ
state	Illinois ⓘ
successorCapitalOfIllinois	Springfield, Illinois ⓘ Vandalia, Illinois ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
wasOneOf	earliest European settlements in Illinois region ⓘ earliest European settlements on the Mississippi River in present-day Illinois ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Daniel Pope Cook → residence → Kaskaskia, Illinois ⓘ

Ninian Edwards → residence → Kaskaskia, Illinois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaskaskia, Illinois Territory

Treaty of Greenville → signatory → Kaskaskia, Illinois ⓘ