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Alton ( / ˈɔːltən / AWL-tən) is a city on the Mississippi River in Madison County, Illinois, United States, about 18 miles (29 km) north of St. Louis, Missouri. The population was 25,676 at the 2020 census. It is a part of the River Bend area in the Metro-East region of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area.
Region. Illinois. The Piasa ( / ˈpaɪ.əsɔː / PY-ə-saw) or Piasa Bird is a creature from Native American mythology depicted in one of two murals painted by Native Americans on cliffsides above the Mississippi River. Its original location was at the end of a chain of limestone bluffs in Madison County, Illinois, at present-day Alton, Illinois.
Location of Madison County in Illinois. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Madison County, Illinois. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Madison County, Illinois, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
The Alton Railroad ( reporting mark A) was the final name of a railroad linking Chicago to Alton, Illinois; St. Louis, Missouri; and Kansas City, Missouri. Its predecessor, the Chicago and Alton Railroad ( reporting mark C&A ), [1] was purchased by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1931 and was controlled until 1942 when the Alton was released ...
Added to NRHP. May 2, 1978. The Upper Alton Historic District is a historic district located in northeast Alton, Illinois, in what was once the separate town of Upper Alton. The district includes the campuses of Shurtleff College and the Western Military Academy as well as the surrounding residential areas. Upper Alton was platted in 1817, but ...
The Christian Hill Historic District is a historic district and neighborhood in Alton, Illinois. The district is located west of Alton's central business district on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River. A primarily residential area, the district includes 274 buildings, of which 266 are contributing buildings to its historic character. [2]
2398769 [2] FIPS code. 17-21553. Wikimedia Commons. East Alton, Illinois. Website. www .eastaltonvillage .org. East Alton is a village in Madison County, Illinois, United States. The population was 5,786 at the 2020 census, [3] down from 6,301 in 2010.
June 27, 2024 at 10:11 AM. A soccer field in Illinois situated above a mine has been closed after a giant sinkhole swallowed the ground up, leaving a gaping 100-foot-wide crater in the middle of a ...