We successfully closed on the purchase of two home lots in
Hecker on March 21. They are lots 7 and 8 on Hilgard Street and are in
the Freedom Village subdivision. They are near St. Augustine Catholic
Church and a small park. Hecker is located east of Waterloo where IL
Route 159 and IL Route 156 intersect. The Village of Hecker has 481
residents and was incorporated in 1895. Up to that point the town was
named Freedom but when it was incorporated as a village the US Post Office
forced them to rename since there already was a Freedom, Illinois. They
chose Hecker because Col. Friedrich Hecker lived close by and they wanted
to honor him. The original land in Hecker was owned by Theodore Hilgard
for whom Hilgard Street is named.
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