Marblehead, Illinois

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Marblehead
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Marblehead
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Marblehead
Marblehead (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°50′23″N91°22′07″W / 39.83972°N 91.36861°W / 39.83972; -91.36861 [1]
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
County Adams
Township Fall Creek
Elevation
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492 ft (150 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID412983 [1]

Marblehead is an unincorporated community in Adams County, Illinois, United States, just south of Quincy. Illinois State Route 57 is the main auxiliary route through the town and travels north to the business district of Quincy or south to Interstate 72 (near Hannibal, Missouri ).

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The community is part of the Quincy, IL MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Lake Marblehead

Marblehead is prone to flooding and during the Flood of 2008, the town was flooded with water from the Mississippi River. A temporary (and satirically named) "Lake Marblehead" was formed when the flood plain flooded. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Marblehead, Illinois
  2. "WGEM.com: Quincy News, Weather, Sports, and Radio -Going with the flow in Marblehead". Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved June 27, 2008.