Collinsville, Illinois Location of Collinsville inside Illinois Location of Illinois in the United States Website: Collinsville, Illinois Collinsville is a town/city located mainly in Madison County, and partially in St.

Collinsville is approximately 12 miles from St.

Louis, Missouri and is considered part of that city's Metro-East area. It is the home of the Brooks Catsup Bottle Water Tower, the world's biggest ketchup bottle, and is the world's horseradish capital. Monks Mound, the biggest man-made earthwork in North America, and now part of the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, is positioned here.

Collinsville is positioned at 38 40 28 N 89 59 43 W (38.674398, -89.995402), approximately 12 miles due east of St Louis.

According to the 2010 census, Collinsville has a total region of 14.874 square miles (38.52 km2), of which 14.68 square miles (38.02 km2) (or 98.7%) is territory and 0.194 square miles (0.50 km2) (or 1.3%) is water. The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 87.4% White, 11.2% African American, 0.8% Native American, 1.1% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, and 1.7% from other competitions (according to the "race alone of in combination" section of the Enumeration Summary File 1).

In the city, the age distribution of the populace shows 23.2% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% who were 65 years of age or older.

Collinsville is the self-proclaimed "Horseradish Capital of the World", and sponsors an annual Horseradish Festival. The region is said[who?] to produce 85% of the world's horseradish, of such high character that Germany and China (key users of the herb) import it for gourmet use.

The Horseradish Festival is always amid the first weekend in June and is held at Woodland Park positioned off of Route 159 in Collinsville.

There are many activities for all ages, including a 5 - K, live music, a beauty pageant, and root grinding demonstrations. One of the most prominent affairs is the Root Derby sponsored by American Family Insurance in which participants make a derby car out of a real horseradish root and race them amid the festival.

Known for having a large ethnic Italian population, Collinsville also hosts an annual Italian Fest in the fall.

The Italian Fest has been held every year since 1983 and is positioned uptown Collinsville on Main Street.

The Brooks Catsup Bottle Water Tower, a water fortress in Collinsville.

Collinsville is also home of the Brooks Catsup Bottle Water Tower, "the world's biggest catsup bottle", a 170-foot-tall (52 m) water fortress in the shape of a ketchup bottle, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The bottle along with the property was put up for sale for USD $500,000.00 on July 12, 2014. In order to jubilate this roadside landmark, Collinsville hosts an annual World's Largest Catsup Bottle Festival in July. The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site is positioned inside the town/city limits of Collinsville.

At its peak about 1200 CE, it had a populace of 20,000-30,000, more than any town/city in the present-day United States until after 1800.

Collinsville was originally settled by the Cook family and by a group of German American pioneer who appeared by Conestoga wagon in 1812, from Pennsylvania, and who established the Holy Cross Lutheran Church.

During World War I, a Collinsville mob lynched a German-American citizen, the only such murder in the country.

Collinsville High School, whose squads are stylized as the Kahoks (named for a fictional Native American tribe), has won a several Illinois State Championships, in 1961, 1965 (basketball), 1980 (baseball), 1981, 1986, 1991, 1992 (soccer), and 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 (Dance Team).

The Fairmount Park Racetrack for horse racing is positioned in Collinsville.

There are a several historical buildings in Collinsville.

Just a short, half-block walk from City Hall, the impressive State Bank of Collinsville building stands at the corner of Center and Main Streets.

Continuing west on Main Street, the Collinsville Public Library is about a three-block walk from the State Bank building.

Art Fletcher, shortstop with the New York Giants and Philadelphia Phillies; born in Collinsville Jerry Kane, first baseman and catcher for the St Louis Browns; born in Collinsville Tony Malinosky, third baseman and shortstop for the Brooklyn Dodgers; born in Collinsville Louis Cardinals; lived and died in Collinsville George Musso, Football Hall of Fame lineman for the Chicago Bears; born in Collinsville Antoinette and Alexandra Picatto, sister actresses; born in Collinsville Robert Prager, German immigrant who was lynched in Collinsville amid World War I John Shimkus, US congressman; born in Collinsville Kevin Stallings, head coach of the Vanderbilt Men's Basketball team; born in Collinsville City of Collinsville Illinois -- Collinsville Now! City of Collinsville: History of Collinsville https://ci.collinsville.il.us/history.htm Retrieved January 13, 2007 "World's Largest Catsup Bottle Festival".

"Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site".

Louis Post-Dispatch, 5 April 1918; "Collinsville Mayor Let Mob into Jail, Thinking Prager Had Been Removed", St.

Collinsville Historical Museum.

Collinsville Community Unit School District 10 Collinsville's Italian Fest