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History · Rest Haven

Half of Rest Haven’s homes were built after 1978

Most of Rest Haven was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978.

0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Rest Haven’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Rest Haven are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Rest Haven, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Rest Haven yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Rest Haven is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Will County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Rest Haven had a population of 502. It is in the southern part of the county, on the northeast side of the Kankakee River, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of Wilmington. It is bordered to the east by Ritchie and to the south, across the Kankakee, by Custer Park. Rest Haven was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Rest Haven

Nobody well known was born in Rest Haven itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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KiiaraAmerican singer and songwriter · b. 1995
Tanner RoarkAmerican baseball pitcher · b. 1986
Doug PinnickAmerican bassist and singer · b. 1950
Lewis M. LongAmerican politician · b. 1883
John Mitchell(1870-1919) American labor leader · b. 1870
Ruth Randall EdströmAmerican activist · b. 1867
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Custer TownshipIts storyC−Wesley TownshipIts storyC+Custer ParkIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →