Utica, founded in 1852, is located in La Salle County, Illinois, between La Salle and Ottawa, on the Illinois River. Incorporated as North Utica, Illinois.
North Utica is a village in La Salle County, Illinois, United States.
While North Utica is the proper name for the city, advertising on nearby Interstates 80 and 39 refers to the village by its original name, Utica.
The town of Utica had previously been established on the banks of the Illinois River during the 1830s, but flooding and the construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal a few miles north encouraged redevelopment of the village there as North Utica.