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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. The population was 25,676 at the 2020 census. It is a part of the River Bend area in the Metro-East region of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area.
July 26, 1960 (age 64) Spouse. Sheila Goins. Children. 3. Education. B.A. College of the Ozarks. David Goins (born July 26, 1960) is an American politician who was elected in 2021 as the first African American mayor of Alton, Illinois. [1][2]
Fox local. Jenna Carroll. August 22, 2024 at 12:46 PM. ALTON, Ill. - A suspect was killed and an Illinois police officer and a K9 officer were wounded during a shootout in Alton, Illinois early ...
The Clark Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge across the Mississippi River between West Alton, Missouri and Alton, Illinois. Named after explorer William Clark like the bridge it replaced, the cable-stayed bridge opened in 1994. It carries U.S. Route 67 across the river. It is the northernmost river crossing in the St. Louis metropolitan area.
Total capacity. 238,000 acre⋅ft (0.294 km 3) Catchment area. 171,470 sq mi (444,100 km 2) Melvin Price Locks and Dam is a dam and two locks at river mile 200.78 on the Upper Mississippi River, about 17 miles (27 km) north of Saint Louis, Missouri. The collocated National Great Rivers Museum [Wikidata], explains the structure and its engineering.
Elijah P. Lovejoy (1802-1837) was an abolitionist in the 1830s, running a newspaper called the St Louis Observer, in Missouri, a slave state. Slavery advocates attacked and destroyed his presses three times. He decided to move across the river to Alton, Illinois, in 1837, where he renamed his newspaper as the Alton Observer.
Alton Orthopedic Clinic. 4 Memorial Dr Ste 130, Alton, IL 62002. Icon Directions Right Arrow. Directions. Phone Icon. (618) 463-7600.
The Christian Hill Historic District is a historic district and neighborhood in Alton, Illinois. The district is located west of Alton's central business district on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River. A primarily residential area, the district includes 274 buildings, of which 266 are contributing buildings to its historic character. [2]