Gilchrist, Illinois | |
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  Gilchrist  Gilchrist | |
| Coordinates: 40°38′50″N90°02′23″W / 40.64722°N 90.03972°W Coordinates: 40°38′50″N90°02′23″W / 40.64722°N 90.03972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Fulton |
| Elevation | 761 ft (232 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 309 |
| GNIS feature ID | 422736 [1] |
Gilchrist is an unincorporated community in Farmington Township, Fulton County, Illinois, United States. Gilchrist is south of Farmington. [2]
Peoria County is located in the U.S. state of Illinois. The 2020 United States Census listed its population at 181,830. Its county seat is Peoria. Peoria County is part of the Peoria, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Fulton County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 37,069. Its county seat is Lewistown, and the largest city is Canton. Fulton County comprises the Canton, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the Peoria-Canton, IL Combined Statistical Area.
Farmington is a city in Fulton County & Peoria County, Illinois, United States. It is north of Canton, west of Peoria, southeast of Galesburg, and northeast of Macomb. The population was 2,448 at the 2010 census, down from 2,601 at the 2000 census. The public school system is Farmington Central Community Unit School District 265, which includes Farmington Central High School. Because it is in Fulton County, it is a part of the Canton Micropolitan Area and the wider Peoria Consolidated Statistical Area.
London Mills is a village in Fulton and Knox counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 392 at the 2010 census, down from 447 at the 2000 census.
Norris is a village in Fulton County, Illinois, United States. The population was 213 at the 2010 census, up from 194 at the 2000 census.
Farmington Township may refer to:
Illinois Route 116 is a 176.07-mile-long (283.36 km) cross-state rural state highway that runs from U.S. Route 34 by Gladstone east to the intersection of US 45 and Old US 45, on the north side of Ashkum.
The 17th congressional district of Illinois is represented by Democrat Eric Sorensen. It includes most of the northwestern portion of the state, with most of its population living on the Illinois side of the Quad Cities, as well as parts of Peoria and Rockford. The district includes Tampico, the birthplace of former president Ronald Reagan.
The Indian Ford Bridge was one of nine metal highway bridges in Fulton County, Illinois listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This particular one was located along County Highway 20 as spans the Spoon River, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of London Mills. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 1980, along with the eight other bridges, as one of the "Metal Highway Bridges of Fulton County." Some of the other bridges included London Mill's only other Registered Historic Place, the now demolished London Mills Bridge. Other demolished bridges include the Elrod Bridge, Duncan Mills Bridge and Buckeye Bridge.
Fairview Township is one of 26 townships in Fulton County, in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 698 and it contained 303 housing units.
Farmington Township is one of twenty-six townships in Fulton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,350 and it contained 1,457 housing units.
Orion Township is one of twenty-six townships in Fulton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,195 and it contained 518 housing units.
Thomas Galt was an American Presbyterian minister and abolitionist who organized two Presbyterian churches in Sangamon County, Illinois. He was Vice-President of the Illinois Anti-Slavery Society and a conductor of the Underground Railroad.
The Peoria Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of six counties in Central Illinois, anchored by the city of Peoria. As of the 2020 census, the area had a population of 402,391. The City of Peoria, according to the 2020 US Census Bureau, has 113,150 people.
The Illinois Central Electric Railway (ICE) was an interurban line in Fulton County in western Illinois, west of Peoria.
Middlegrove is an unincorporated community in Fulton County, Illinois, United States. Middlegrove is located on Illinois Route 116 west of Farmington. Originally a town founded by the coal miners of the area, Middlegrove's village center is an old school house that documents some of the town's history. One notable picture is of Abraham Lincoln when he was campaigning for state senator. The village of Middlegrove remained a part of the miner's support with a small hotel until the 1900s, a restaurant until the 1990s, and a bar. When the local mining operations were halted around the turn of the 21st century, the village was generally forgotten, but continues to survive today.
Gilchrist, Illinois may refer to:
Gilchrist is an unincorporated community in Greene Township, Mercer County, Illinois, United States. Gilchrist is 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Viola.
The Prairieland Conference is a high school conference in western central Illinois. The conference participates in athletics and activities in the Illinois High School Association. The conference comprises small public high schools with enrollments between 50 and 400 students in portions of Fulton, Knox, Mason, McDonough, Peoria, Schuyler, and Warren counties.
National Weather Service St. Louis is the National Weather Service office located in St. Charles, Missouri, just outside St. Louis, Missouri. There are 46 counties in its County Warning Area (CWA). Some of the cities in its CWA are Columbia, Farmington, Hannibal and Jefferson City in Missouri, and Belleville, Centralia, Edwardsville, and Quincy in Illinois.
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