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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...
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  • Alton Township may refer to: Alton Township, Madison County, Illinois Alton Township, Waseca County, Minnesota This disambiguation page lists articles...
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  • census. Alton Township was organized in 1866, and named after Alton, Illinois. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area...
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    East Alton is a village in Madison County, Illinois, United States. The population was 5,786 at the 2020 census, down from 6,301 in 2010. East Alton was...
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  • a city Alton, Kansas, a city Alton, Kentucky, an unincorporated community Alton, Maine, a town Alton Township, Waseca County, Minnesota Alton, Missouri...
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    townships included: Alton Township, Madison County (Alton, Illinois) Berwyn Township, Cook County (Berwyn, Illinois) Champaign City Township, Champaign County...
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    Alton Township is located in Madison County, Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 27,865 and it contained 13,266...
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    River. Starting in downtown Alton, it trends northward to Buckheart Township near Canton. It makes up much of the Illinois River Road, a U.S. National...
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    in its history, the village was a railway town along the Terre Haute and Alton Railroad. In the 19th century, industry in the town included milling of...
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    202886). It is bordered to the southeast by the city of Alton, to the east by Foster Township, to the north and west by Jersey County, and to the south...
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    Collinsville. Edwardsville is home to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. To the north, Alton is known for its abolitionist and American Civil...
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    Piasa (category Archaeological sites in Illinois)
    end of a chain of limestone bluffs in Madison County, Illinois, at present-day Alton, Illinois. The original Piasa illustration no longer exists; a newer...
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    Acacia Park Cemetery is located in Norwood Park Township, Cook County, Illinois, just outside Chicago. To its south, across Irving Park Road, is Irving...
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    by West Alton, Missouri. Illinois Route 3 passes through the west side of the city, leading north 5 miles (8 km) to the north side of Alton and south...
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  • Edmond Beall (category Politicians from Alton, Illinois)
    influential member of society, an industrialist, and an Illinois state senator. Beall was born in Alton, Illinois on September 27, 1848. His parents, John and Mary...
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  • Blackstone is an unincorporated village in section 7 of Sunbury Township, Livingston County, Illinois, United States. Blackstone is 10 miles (16 km) southeast...
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    Illinois Route 3 Illinois Route 100 Illinois Route 109 Alton Community Unit School District 11 Jersey Community Unit School District 100 Illinois's 19th...
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    Lawndale was laid out and platted in 1854, soon after the Alton & Sangamon (now Chicago & Alton) railroad was extended to that point. A post office called...
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    African-American Baptist church located at 2001 Seiler Road in Foster Township, Madison County, Illinois. Built in 1912, the church was the third built for the Salem...
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  • Estates Community Memorial Hospital, Staunton BJC HealthCare Alton Memorial Hospital, Alton Memorial Hospital Belleville, Belleville Memorial Hospital Shiloh...
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  • to the south by Wood River, to the west by East Alton, and to the north by Cottage Hills. Illinois Routes 111 and 140 (West MacArthur Drive) form the...
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    Leland J. Kennedy (category Illinois city council members)
    of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1947 to 1955, and from 1963 to 1975. A member of the Democratic Party, he also served on the Alton City Council...
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    townships: Elsah Township English Township Fidelity Township Jersey Township Mississippi Township Otter Creek Township Piasa Township Quarry Township...
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    Elkhart and Hurlbut townships, with the geographic center of the village slightly east of the township border, in Elkhart Township. Interstate 55 passes...
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    St. Louis Regional Airport (category Airports in Illinois)
    (6 km) east of Alton, in Madison County, Illinois, United States. It is in the village of Bethalto but its mailing address is East Alton. Its operations...
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    along its rivers; the Illinois River bisects the state northeast to southwest. The floodplain on the Mississippi River from Alton to the Kaskaskia River...
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    Sunbury Township is located in Livingston County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 229 and it contained 103 housing units. According...
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    of Illinois townships List of counties in Illinois List of precincts in Illinois List of ghost towns in Illinois List of city nicknames in Illinois Illinois...
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  • Metamora Township High School, Metamora Roanoke-Benson High School, Roanoke List of high schools in Greater St. Louis List of school districts in Illinois "Chicago...
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    the prison was quarried on the site. The first 33 inmates arrived from Alton in May 1858 to begin construction; the last prisoners were transferred in...
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