Editing Hodgkins, Illinois (section)

==Jefferson Hodgkins==
The village's name comes from a local landowner and businessman, Jefferson Hodgkins, and is unrelated to the discoverer of [[Hodgkin's lymphoma]], [[Thomas Hodgkin]].<ref name=centennial/>

It is unclear exactly how Hodgkins' name came to replace Gary as the village's moniker. Throughout its history, Hodgkins has been known by several different names. In the years before settlers began to arrive, the [[Potawatomi]] people lived in the area near the Des Plaines River.<ref name=centennial/> From 1836 transient workers were brought to the area to work on the I&M Canal; however, it was not until 1860, when the United States government deeded property to a local settler, Hurls Polk, that the name "Polk" was given to the area. When the Santa Fe Depot was built in 1887, the name of the stop was "Novak". By 1890, the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad]] listed the stop in present-day Hodgkins as "Gary". this designation would stick until July 1, 1896, when the village of Hodgkins was incorporated.<ref name=centennial/>

Quarrying continues today at the Vulcan Materials Company McCook Quarry, with a total of {{convert|650|acre}} in Hodgkins and McCook.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vulcan Materials Company |url=http://www.vmcmccook.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012055231/http://www.vmcmccook.com/ |archive-date=12 October 2007 |website=vmcmccook.com}}</ref>