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New Bedford is a village in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. The population was 75 at the 2010 census, down from 95 in 2000. It is part of the Ottawa–Streator Micropolitan Statistical Area. ==History== In October 1836, Henry Thomas of West Bureau Township registered land at the narrows (now New Bedford) and for a number of years it was the only registered tract in that section of the county. In the spring of 1837, Cyrus Watson, the first settler on Green river, built a cabin on Thomas' land, believing it to be vacant. About this time a state road was laid from Princeton to Prophetstown on the Rock River, crossing the Green River at this point. Henry Thomas built a ferry boat, and for a number of years it was known as Thomas' Ferry.〔(''Reminiscences of Bureau County'' ) by Nehemiah Matson, Princeton, Ill.: Republican Book and Job Office, 1872. p. 383. Retrieved 8 August 2010.〕 File:NewBedford001.jpg|Main St. New Bedford, IL. c. 1910, Pic.1 File:NewBedford002.jpg|Main St. New Bedford, IL. c. 1910, Pic.2 File:New_Bedford,_1910.jpg|Green River bridge. c. 1910, Pic.3 File:NewBedford004.jpg|Green River bridge. c. 1910, Pic.4 File:NewBedford005.jpg|Spratt's Department store. c. 1910, Pic.5 File:NewBedford006.jpg|F.Janderson Department store. c. 1910, Pic.6 Pic.1: Looking Northward from West side of Main Street. Pic.2: Looking Northward from East side of Main Street. Pic.3: Looking Northward across the Green River bridge. This section of the river is now called the Old Channel. Pic.4: Looking Southward across the Green River bridge. Large house on right belonged to the Bollman family. Pic.5: Spratt Department store on East side of Main street. The cement step still remains, located across the street from the Post Office. Pic.6: F. Janderson Department store on West side of Main street. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Bedford, Illinois」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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