Galesburg Township
Galesburg Township is one of twenty-one townships in Knox County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 406 and it contained 175 housing units.Photo: Arlo Barnes, CC0.
- Type: Locality with 406 residents
- Description: township in Knox County, Illinois
- Also known as: “Galesburg Township, Knox County, Illinois” and “Township of Galesburg”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Galesburg station and Galesburg Railroad Museum.
Galesburg station
Railway station
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Galesburg is an Amtrak intercity train station in Galesburg, Illinois, United States. The station was originally built in 1984, after the razing of the large depot just south of the current site. Galesburg station is situated 2½ miles north of Galesburg Township.
Galesburg Railroad Museum
Museum
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The Galesburg Railroad Museum is a railroad museum in Galesburg, Illinois, United States. The museum is located at 211 South Seminary Street. Its collection includes CB&Q 4-6-4 3006, a Pullman "Meath" car, Railway Express RPO Combination Mail & Baggage Car… Galesburg Railroad Museum is situated 2½ miles north of Galesburg Township.
Orpheum Theater
Theater building
The Orpheum Theatre, originally opened in August 1916, stands on Kellogg Street in downtown Galesburg, Illinois. The Orpheum's elegance and long history made the theatre a landmark in Galesburg which boasts other landmarks such as Carl Sandburg's Birthplace, the Galesburg Railroad Museum, and Knox College, which hosted an Abraham Lincoln-Stephen Douglas debate. Orpheum Theater is situated 2½ miles north of Galesburg Township.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Galesburg and Knoxville.
Galesburg
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Galesburg is a city in Knox County, Illinois, United States. The city is 45 miles northwest of Peoria. At the 2020 census, its population was 30,052. Galesburg is the home of Knox College, a private four-year liberal arts college, and Carl Sandburg College, a community college named for native-born poet Carl Sandburg.
Knoxville
Village
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Knoxville is a city in Knox County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,901 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Galesburg Micropolitan Statistical Area Knoxville is located just southeast of the City of Galesburg. Knoxville is situated 3½ miles east of Galesburg Township.
East Galesburg
Village
East Galesburg is a village in Knox County, Illinois, United States. The population was 763 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the Galesburg Micropolitan Statistical Area. East Galesburg is situated 3½ miles northeast of Galesburg Township.
Galesburg Township
- Category: township of Illinois
- Location: Knox, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Vietnamese—“Galesburg Township” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Galesburg udalerria, Knox konderria (Illinois)”
- Basque: “Galesburg udalerria, Knox konderria”
- Chinese: “蓋爾斯堡鎮區 (伊利諾伊州諾克斯縣)”
- Chinese: “蓋爾斯堡鎮區”
- French: “Galesburg Township”
- German: “Galesburg Township”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Galesburg”
- Urdu: “گیلزبرگ ٹاؤن شپ، کنو کاؤنٹی، الینوائے”
- Urdu: “گیلزبرگ ٹاؤن شپ”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Galesburg, Quận Knox, Illinois”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Galesburg”
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