America
America is an unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Illinois, United States. It lies 5 miles northeast of Mound City. Founded in part by the American entrepreneur Justus Post, Post made attempts to establish a community like the one he had previously constructed near St.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Illinois, United States
- Also known as: “America, IL”, “America, Illinois”, “Caledonia”, and “North Caledonia”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Olmsted and Mound City.
Olmsted
Village
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Olmsted is a village in Pulaski County, Illinois, along the Ohio River. The population was 299 at the 2000 census. Olmsted is situated 3½ miles northeast of America.
Mound City
Hamlet
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Mound City is a city and the county seat of Pulaski County, Illinois, United States. It is located along the Ohio River just north of its confluence with the Mississippi River. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 588. Mound City is situated 4 miles southwest of America.
Mounds
Village
Mounds is a city in Pulaski County, Illinois, United States. The population was 661 in the 2020 census. Mounds is situated 4½ miles west of America.
America
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Pulaski, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.13839° or 37° 8′ 18″ northLongitude
-89.12368° or 89° 7′ 25″ westElevation
354 feet (108 metres)Open location code
869G4VQG+9GOpenStreetMap ID
node 153373795OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to South Azerbaijani—“America” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “亞美利加”
- Chinese: “阿梅利卡 (伊利諾伊州)”
- French: “America”
- Irish: “America”
- Persian: “آمریکا”
- Persian: “امریکا، ایلینواز”
- South Azerbaijani: “آمریکا، ایلینوی”
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