Macomb, Illinois Macomb, Illinois Macomb Square, 2006 Macomb Square, 2006 Location of Macomb, Illinois Location of Macomb, Illinois State Illinois Macomb /m ko m/ is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Mc - Donough County, Illinois, United States. It is situated in Illinois, southwest of Galesburg.
The town/city is about 75 miles southwest of Peoria and 77 miles southeast of the Quad Cities. A special census held in 2014 placed the city's populace at 21,516. Macomb is the home of Western Illinois University.
4 Filmings in Macomb A Carnegie library, Macomb, Illinois First settled in 1829 on a site tentatively titled Washington, the town was officially established in 1830 as the governmental center of county of Mc - Donough County and given the name Macomb after General Alexander Macomb, a general in the War of 1812.
War veterans were given territory grants in the Macomb area, which was part of the "Military Tract" set aside by Congress.
In 1855 the Northern Cross Railroad, a predecessor to the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, was constructed through Macomb, dominant to a rise in the town's population.
In 1899 the Western Illinois State Normal School, later Western Illinois University, was established in Macomb.
Representative Lawrence Sherman was instrumental in locating the school in Macomb. In 1903 the Macomb and Western Illinois Railway was assembled from Macomb to close-by Industry and Littleton by small-town financier Charles V.
In 1918, assembly on Illinois Route 3 was begun as a state financed highway from Cairo to Rock Island through Macomb; in the late 1920s U.S.
Macomb has been visited by a several US Presidents over the years.
Hayes, William Mc - Kinley and Theodore Roosevelt have all made short addresses in Macomb.
Obama was actually stumping for state senate at the time, meaning a president or presidential nominee has not visited Macomb in 109 years and counting. Macomb is positioned at 40 27 38 N 90 40 27 W (40.460501, -90.674048). The East Fork Lamoine River flows past the northern part of the city.
According to the 2010 census, Macomb has a total region of 11.121 square miles (28.80 km2), of which 10.69 square miles (27.69 km2) (or 96.12%) is territory and 0.431 square miles (1.12 km2) (or 3.88%) is water. There were 6,575 homeholds out of which 19.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 34.9% were married couples living together, 7.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 55.1% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 12.6% under the age of 18, 42.9% from 18 to 24, 18.2% from 25 to 44, 14.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
Outline of the Township region and the City of Macomb in Mc - Donough County Macomb (Amtrak station) Western Illinois Museum Macomb Community Theater Macomb Balloon Rally June - Macomb Heritage Days September - Macomb Balloon Rally, Al Sears Jazz Festival Macomb Park District Western Illinois University Spoon River College, Macomb ground Mc - Millan, Illinois State Senator and educator The Purple and the Gold: The Story of Western Illinois University.
Western Illinois University Foundation.
"Mc - Donough County, Illinois, Reminiscences of a Pioneer: Noted Visitors and Residents".
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Macomb, Illinois: Western Illinois University.
"G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"Macomb gets 'Cast in Gray'".
"Macomb family featured on reality show".
Macomb Eagle.
"Theatre Alumnus Michael Boatman to Visit WIU - University Relations - Western Illinois University".
City of Macomb (official site) Mc - Donough County Illinois (Official site) Municipalities and communities of Mc - Donough County, Illinois, United States Central Illinois
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