Gale
Gale is an unincorporated community in Alexander County, Illinois, United States. Gale is located along the Mississippi River north of Thebes. The community is served by Illinois Route 3.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Illinois
- Also known as: “Gale, IL” and “Gale, Illinois”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area.
Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area
Nature reserve
Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area is a 1,380-acre parcel of semi-protected Mississippi River bottomland habitat within Alexander County in the U.S. state of Illinois. Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area is situated 1½ miles northwest of Gale.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Illmo and East Cape Girardeau.
Illmo
Suburb
Illmo a former town in the northeast corner of Kelso Township, Scott County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Its name is a portmanteau of "Illinois" and "Missouri". Illmo is situated 4 miles southwest of Gale.
East Cape Girardeau
Village
Photo: Allen Gathman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Cape Girardeau is a village in McClure Precinct, Alexander County, Illinois, United States. The population was 289 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson metropolitan area, including areas on both the Missouri and Illinois sides of the Mississippi River. East Cape Girardeau is situated 4 miles northwest of Gale.
Scott City
Town
Scott City is a city in Cape Girardeau and Scott counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 4,346 at the 2020 census. The Scott County portion of Scott City is part of the Sikeston Micropolitan Statistical Area, while the Cape Girardeau County portion is part of the Cape Girardeau-Jackson metropolitan area. Scott City is situated 5 miles southwest of Gale.
Gale
- Categories: unincorporated community and locality
- Location: Alexander, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.24894° or 37° 14′ 56″ northLongitude
-89.44759° or 89° 26′ 51″ westElevation
335 feet (102 metres)Open location code
869G6HX2+HXOpenStreetMap ID
node 153371315OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Irish—“Gale” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “蓋爾 (伊利諾伊州)”
- Chinese: “蓋爾”
- French: “Gale”
- Irish: “Gale”
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