Tiskilwa is a village in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. The population was 740 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Ottawa Micropolitan Statistical Area. Exelon Wind, a division of Exelon Power, owns and operates the Illinois Wind AgriWind Project in Tiskilwa. History Early history Founded in 1834, Tiskilwa emerged as a regional economic and cultural center integrating its own administrative capacities, schools, churches and shops serving a small population of townspeople and farm families from the surrounding . It was a small community whose center was three blocks of Main Street around which were located its churches, cafes, taverns, grocery stores, beauty parlors, barbershops and other businesses. History of Tiskilwa High School The high school was deactivated in 1996. The high school aged students from Tiskilwa now attend Princeton High School (Illinois). The grade school is now the property of the Princeton Elementary School District and now houses the Bureau Marshall Putnam counties' special education cooperative (BMP), and the Bureau County Special Schools Bureau Educational Support Team (BEST Program), a public K-12 alternative school. School buildings in Tiskilwa date to 1838. A newer building was built in 1850 and an updated building in 1868. In 1978 the building still standing today was built and closed with the deactivation of the school system in 1996. The first class to graduate high school from Tiskilwa did so in 1878 with a graduating class membership of two. Festivals Strawberry Festival Tiskilwa's Strawberry and Artisan Festival is held on the second Saturday in June; it celebrates Tiskilwa's strawberry season and showcases area artists. The festival offers fresh berries and strawberry shortcake, live entertainment, children's activities and food vendors in downtown Tiskilwa from late morning through early afternoon. It typically coincides with town-wide garage sales. Pow Wow Days Tiskilwa celebrates Pow Wow Days every year the first weekend in August. This is a three-day event with a community concert or big band dancing, children's "Muttin Bustin Rodeo", a parade, a Native American pow wow, a beer garden, 4-H Club and cheerleader-sponsored food stands, church-sponsored lunches, historical tours, antique automobiles and tractors, and other events. Pow Wow Days was founded in 1976 as part of the national bicentennial. Geography Tiskilwa is located at (41.291664, -89.506462). According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Tiskilwa has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the 2020 census there were 740 people, 298 households,