The Quad Cities is a region of five cities in the U.S. states of Iowa and Illinois: Davenport and Bettendorf in southeastern Iowa, and Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline in northwestern Illinois. These cities are the center of the Quad Cities metropolitan area, which as of 2013 had a population estimate of 383,781 and a CSA population of 474,937, making it the 90th largest CSA in the nation.
U.S. Route 66, also known as the Will Rogers Highway, the Main Street of America or the Mother Road, was one of the original highways in the U.S. Highway System. US 66 was established on November 11, 1926, with road signs erected the following year. The highway, which became one of the most famous roads in the United States, originally ran from Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona before ending in Santa Monica in Los Angeles County, California, covering a total of 2,448 miles (3,940 km). It was recognized in popular culture by both the hit song "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" and the Route 66 television show in the 1960s. In John Steinbeck's classic American novel, The Grapes of Wrath (1939), the road, "Highway 66", was turned into a powerful symbol of escape and loss.
Sangamon County is a county located in the center of the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 197,465. Its county seat is Springfield, the state capital.
LaSalle County is located in the North Central region of the U.S. state of Illinois; it has an estimated population of 111,241 as of 2014 and its county seat and largest city is Ottawa.
Jersey County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 22,985. The county seat is Jerseyville.
Calhoun County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,089, making it Illinois’ third-least populous county. Its county seat and biggest community is Hardin, with a population of slightly less than 1,000. Its smallest community is Hamburg, with a population of 123. Calhoun County is at the tip of the peninsula formed by the courses of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers above their confluence and is almost completely surrounded by water. Calhoun County is sparsely populated; it has just five municipalities, all of them villages.
Brown County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the population was 6,937. Its county seat is Mount Sterling.
Sandwich is a city in DeKalb, Kendall, and LaSalle counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 7,421 at the 2010 census.
Carpentersville is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States. The population was 37,691 at the 2010 census.
Pekin (Pee-kin) is a city in and the county seat of Tazewell County in the U.S. state of Illinois. Located on the Illinois River, Pekin is the largest city of Tazewell County and the second most populous municipality of the Peoria metropolitan area, after Peoria itself. As of the 2010 census, its population is 34,094. A small portion of the city limits extend into Peoria County. Pekin is the 13th-most populous city in Illinois outside the Chicago Metropolitan Area. It is the most populous municipality in the United States with the name Pekin.
Bernadotte is an unincorporated community located in Fulton County, Illinois, United States.
Lewis and Clark Community College is a community college in Godfrey, Illinois. It serves approximately 15,000 credit and non-credit students annually. The college has nine locations located throughout the St. Louis Metro East, including a campus and humanities center in Edwardsville, Illinois; community education centers in Alton, Illinois, Carlinville, Illinois and Jerseyville, Illinois; a training center in Bethalto, Illinois; a river research center in East Alton, Illinois; and a location at the East St. Louis Higher Education Center in East St. Louis, Illinois. Lewis and Clark has career and transfer study options. The college also offers personal enrichment programming for adults and children, as well as corporate and safety training options for professionals.
Century High School is located in Ullin, Illinois. It Combines the small towns of Karnak, Illinois, New Grand Chain, Illinois, Ullin, Illinois, Perks, Illinois, and Wetaug, Illinois into one school in Pulaski county. Mound City, Illinois is not involved in the School District, but is in the same county, Pulaski County, Illinois.
St. Charles is a city in DuPage and Kane counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It lies roughly 40 miles (64 km) west of Chicago on Illinois Route 64. As of the 2010 census the population was 32,974, and as of 2017 the population had dropped to an estimated 32,714. The official city slogan is "Pride of the Fox", after the Fox River that runs through the center of town. St. Charles is part of a tri-city area along with Geneva and Batavia, all western suburbs of similar size and relative socioeconomic condition.
Rosecrans is an unincorporated community along Rosecrans Road just west of U.S. Route 41 in northern Lake County, Illinois, 2.0 miles (3.2 km) south of the Wisconsin state line and 7.8 miles (12.6 km) west of Lake Michigan. The community is named for American Civil War General William Starke Rosecrans. The business district is at the intersection of IL 173 and US 41, east of the residential community.
Lowder is an unincorporated community in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. Lowder is located along a railroad line 5.5 miles (8.9 km) northwest of Virden. Lowder had a post office, which closed on October 24, 2010.
Shattuc is an unincorporated community in Clinton County, Illinois, United States. Shattuc is located along a railroad line 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Sandoval. Shattuc once had a post office, which closed on September 28, 2002.
Wildwood, Illinois is an unincorporated community along Belvidere Road just east of U.S. Route 45 in Lake County, Illinois. Wildwood is bordered by Gages Lake to the north, Gurnee to the northeast and east, Libertyville to the south, and Grayslake to the west.
Prairie Center is an unincorporated community located along U.S. Route 52 in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States, approximately 13 miles northwest of Ottawa.
