Kaskaskia

Kaskaskia is a village in , on the west side of the , although the former capital of the Illinois Territory was once on the river's eastern bank.
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  • Type: Village with 21 residents
  • Description: village and former state capital of Illinois, in Randolph County west of the Mississippi
  • Also known as: “Kaskaskia IL” and “Kaskaskia, Illinois”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chester.

Town
Photo: FieldMarine, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in and the county seat of , United States, on a bluff above the . The population was 7,640 at the 2020 census. It lies 61 miles south of St. Louis, Missouri. is situated 5 miles east of Kaskaskia.

Kaskaskia

Latitude
37.92126° or 37° 55′ 17″ north
Longitude
-89.91629° or 89° 54′ 59″ west
Population
21
Elevation
374 feet (114 metres)
Open location code
869GW3CM+GF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153675438
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4242091
Wiki­data ID
Q999403
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Kaskaskia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كاسكاسكيا”
  • Asturian: “Kaskaskia”
  • Basque: “Kaskaskia”
  • Catalan: “Kaskaskia”
  • Chinese: “Kaskaskia”
  • Chinese: “卡斯卡斯基亞”
  • Cornish: “Kaskaskia, Illinois”
  • Cornish: “Kaskaskia”
  • Dagbani: “Kaskaskia”
  • Dutch: “Kaskaskia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاسكاسكيا”
  • French: “Kaskaskia”
  • German: “Kaskaskia”
  • Gilaki: “کاسکاسکیا (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “کاسکاسکیا”
  • Haitian: “Kaskaskia, Ilinwa”
  • Haitian: “Kaskaskia”
  • Ido: “Kaskaskia, Illinois”
  • Ido: “Kaskaskia”
  • Italian: “Kaskaskia”
  • Japanese: “カスカスキア”
  • Ladin: “Kaskaskia”
  • Mazanderani: “کاس کاسکیا (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “کاس کاسکیا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kaskaskia”
  • Newari: “कस्कस्किया (इलियोनोई)”
  • Newari: “कस्कस्किया, इलिनोइ”
  • Newari: “कस्कस्किया, इलियोनोई”
  • Newari: “कस्कस्किया”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kaskaskia i Illinois”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kaskaskia”
  • Norwegian: “Kaskaskia”
  • Persian: “کاس کاسکیا، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “کاس کاسکیا”
  • Polish: “Kaskaskia”
  • Portuguese: “Kaskaskia”
  • Serbian: “Каскаскија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kaskaskia, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kaskaskia”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کاس کاسکیا، ایلینوی”
  • Spanish: “Kaskaskia”
  • Swedish: “Kaskaskia”
  • Ukrainian: “Каскаскія”
  • Urdu: “کاسکاسکیا، الینوائے”
  • Vietnamese: “Kaskaskia, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Kaskaskia”
  • Volapük: “Kaskaskia”

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