Monmouth, Illinois For other places with the same name, see Monmouth.
Monmouth Patton Block Building in Monmouth Official name: Monmouth Township Monmouth Location of Monmouth inside Illinois Location of Monmouth inside Illinois Wikimedia Commons: Monmouth, Illinois Monmouth is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Warren County, Illinois, United States. The populace was 9,444 at the 2010 census, down from 9,841 in 2000.
It is the home of Monmouth College and contains Monmouth Park, Harmon Park, North Park, Warfield Park, West Park, South Park, Garwood Park, Buster White Park and the Citizens Lake & Campground.
Monmouth is also known regionally as the "Maple City".
Douglas in an extradition hearing held at Monmouth's Warren County courthouse.
Gunfighter Wyatt Earp was born in Monmouth.
For many years, the town watertower boasted that Monmouth was the "Home of Wyatt Earp." Harding, Civil War General and Republican Congressman, lived in Monmouth and is buried in Monmouth Cemetery. Ronald Reagan lived in Monmouth for a while as a child when his father worked as a shoe salesman at the Colwell Department Store and mass murderer Richard Speck lived in Monmouth briefly as a child, and again in the spring of 1966.
Monmouth College, a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), was established in Monmouth in 1853 by Cedar Creek & South Henderson Presbyterian Churches.
With James Cochran Porter & Robert Ross Founding in 1852 Monmouth Academy.
Monmouth was once home to one of the most unusually titled high school sports organizations, the Zippers.
The school went with the "Zipper" nickname until the 2005-06 school year when Monmouth merged with Roseville and the new Monmouth-Roseville High School adopted the nickname "The Titans".
Monmouth was the home for Western Stoneware, known for its "Maple Leaf" imprint and for producing "Sleepy Eye" collectible ceramics, which are recognizable by the blue-on-white bas-relief Indian profile.
Monmouth is positioned at 40 54 42 N 90 38 40 W (40.911531, -90.644579). Monmouth is positioned in Western Illinois where US Route 34, US Route 67, Illinois Route 164, and now the new Chicago to Kansas City Expressway (Illinois Route 110) intersect.
According to the 2010 census, Monmouth has a total region of 4.231 square miles (10.96 km2), of which 4.21 square miles (10.90 km2) (or 99.5%) is territory and 0.021 square miles (0.05 km2) (or 0.5%) is water. In the town/city the populace was spread out with 23.0% under the age of 18, 17.1% from 18 to 24, 24.1% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
WPFS (105.9) "Proud Fighting Scots Radio" Format: Monmouth College Radio Wyatt Earp - legendary lawman of the American West; born in Monmouth Murphy - Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court and mayor of Monmouth Paine - Civil War general, resided in Monmouth Ronald Reagan - 40th President of the United States, resided in Monmouth as a child Alex Tanney - football quarterback with seven NFL teams; attended Monmouth College from 2007-2011; NCAA record holder for all-time longterm position touchdown passes with 157 Mayo Williams - pro football player, music producer in Blues Hall of Fame; interval up in Monmouth "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Municipalities and communities of Warren County, Illinois, United States County seat: Monmouth Berwick Cold Brook Ellison Floyd Greenbush Hale Kelly Lenox Monmouth Point Pleasant Roseville Spring Grove Sumner Swan Tompkins
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