Rock Island
Rock Island is an island in Alexander, Illinois. Rock Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Gale, as well as near the village Thebes.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Alexander County, Illinois, United States of America
- Also known as: “Ruck Island”
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 north of Rock Island.
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 3½ miles southwest of Rock Island.
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 Rock Island.
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, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Scott City is situated 4½ miles southwest of Rock Island.
Rock Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Alexander, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Rock Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rock Island”
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Localities in the Area
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