Canteen Township

Canteen Township is located in St. Clair County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 10,263 and it contained 4,027 housing units. Canteen Township was formed from Centreville Station Township when it was subdivided on March 5, 1910.

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Type: Locality with 8,000 residents
Description: township in St. Clair County, Illinois
Also known as: “Canteen Township, St. Clair County, Illinois” and “Township of Canteen”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Monks Mound and Mound 72.

Monks Mound

Archaeological site

Photo: Skubasteve834, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Monks Mound is the largest Pre-Columbian earthwork in the Americas and the largest pyramid north of Mesoamerica. The beginning of its construction dates from 900 to 955 CE.

Mound 72

Archaeological site

Photo: Carptrash, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mound 72 is a small ridgetop mound located roughly 850 meters to the south of Monks Mound at Cahokia Mounds near Collinsville, Illinois. Early in the site's history, the location began as a circle of 48 large wooden posts known as a "woodhenge".

Mound 34

Archaeological site

Mound 34 is a small platform mound located roughly 400 metres to the east of Monks Mound at Cahokia Mounds near Collinsville, Illinois. Excavations near Mound 34 from 2002 to 2010 revealed the remains of a copper workshop, although the one of a kind discovery had been previously found in the late 1950s by archaeologist Gregory Perino, but lost for 60 years. Mound 34 is situated 2 miles northeast of Canteen Township.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fairmont City and Washington Park.