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Mulkeytown, Illinois

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Franklin

Time zone
  
Central (CST) (UTC-6)

Elevation
  
136 m

Population
  
175 (2010)

Area code
  
618

State
  
Illinois

Township
  
Tyrone

GNIS feature ID
  
414225

Zip code
  
62865

Local time
  
Tuesday 5:01 AM

Mulkeytown, Illinois

Weather
  
10°C, Wind N at 11 km/h, 90% Humidity

Area
  
71 ha (71 ha Land / 2,590 m² Water)

Mulkeytown is an unincorporated and census-designated place in Franklin County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 175.

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Map of Mulkeytown, IL 62865, USA

Geography

Mulkeytown is located 309 miles (497 km) south of Chicago (via I-57 south to IL 14 west), and 95 miles (153 km) southeast of St. Louis (via I-64 east to US 51 south to IL 14 east).

Mulkeytown is located on Illinois Route 184, 3 miles (5 km) west of Christopher, in Tyrone Township, in the west-central portion of Franklin County.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Mulkeytown CDP has a total area of 0.276 square miles (0.714 km2), of which 0.423 acres (1,713 m2), or 0.24%, is water.

Demographics

As of the 2010 census, its population was 175. As of 2014 the median age of residents was 53.9

Centennial & Sesquicentennial Farms

Centennial & Sesquicentennial Farms are those family farms that have been held within a family for more than 100 or 150 years.

  • DAVIS - 1848
  • GREENWOOD - 1854
  • BERNER - 1871
  • Education

  • Mulkeytown Grade School (Closed 1987 & consolidated with Christopher Elementary School) - Now re-purposed as the West Franklin Historical District and Genealogical Society.
  • Christopher Unit School District #99
  • Rend Lake College
  • John A. Logan College
  • Southern Illinois University Carbondale
  • Religious organizations

  • Greenwood Methodist Church
  • Minor Church of Christ
  • Mulkeytown Christian Church - (Est. 1818)
  • Mulkeytown Baptist Church
  • Cemeteries

  • Cook Cemetery 37°57′58.41″N 89°6′56.9196″W
  • Greenwood Cemetery 38°1′35.9652″N 89°8′14.6688″W
  • Mulkeytown Cemetery 37°58′00.9″N 89°06′18.9″W
  • Naylor Cemetery 37°58′55.8″N 89°05′48.1″W
  • Old Mulkeytown Cemetery 37°57′51.9″N 89°06′17.8″W
  • Reed-Kirpatrick Cemetery 38°0′6.4872″N 89°8′14.6688″W
  • Ward Cemetery
  • Historical

  • West Franklin Historical Museum 37°58′5.0232″N 89°6′45.9036″W
  • Silkwood Inn Museum 37°58′51.492″N 89°6′57.2688″W
  • Notable people

  • Senator James F. Rea (Democrat) - Illinois State House of Representatives & Illinois State Senate
  • Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick (b. February 21, 1848; d. April 5, 1909) - Attorney, U.S. Representative from Kansas, Kansas State House of Representatives
  • References

    Mulkeytown, Illinois Wikipedia