Illinois
Jo Daviess
Scales Mound Township

Scales Mound

Scales Mound is a village in , , . The population was 436 at the 2020 census.
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  • Type: Village with 388 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Scales Mound, IL” and “Scales Mound, Illinois”
  • Postal code: 61075

Places of Interest

Highlights include Scales Mound High School and Charles Mound.

School
, or SMHS, is a public four-year high school located at 210 Main Street in Scales Mound, Illinois, a in , in the .

Peak
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is a gentle, 1,235-foot high hill located in Scales Mound Township, , , . It is 2 miles northeast of the small town of Scales Mound, and 11 miles northeast of . is situated 2 miles north of Scales Mound.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Scales Mound Historic District and Guilford Township.

Neighborhood
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The is a historic district in the small village of Scales Mound. The district encompasses the entire corporate limit of the village and has more than 200 properties within its boundaries.

Village
is one of 23 townships in , , United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 1,504 and it contained 1,835 housing units. is situated 4½ miles southwest of Scales Mound.

Village
is one of 23 townships in , , . As of the 2020 census, its population was 161 and it contained 81 housing units. Its name changed from Scales Township on December 6, 1853. is situated 5 miles west of Scales Mound.

Scales Mound

Latitude
42.47585° or 42° 28′ 33″ north
Longitude
-90.25298° or 90° 15′ 11″ west
Population
388
Elevation
955 feet (291 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US QJZ
Open location code
86JFFPGW+8R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151461404
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4910685
Wiki­data ID
Q2672125
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Scales Mound” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سكيل موند”
  • Basque: “Scales Mound”
  • Catalan: “Scales Mound”
  • Cebuano: “Scales Mound”
  • Chinese: “Scales Mound”
  • Chinese: “斯凱爾斯芒德 (伊利諾伊州)”
  • Chinese: “斯凱爾斯芒德”
  • Dutch: “Scales Mound”
  • French: “Scales Mound”
  • German: “Scales Mound”
  • Gilaki: “اسکیلز مأؤند (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “اسکیلز مأؤند”
  • Haitian: “Scales Mound, Ilinwa”
  • Haitian: “Scales Mound”
  • Italian: “Scales Mound”
  • Ladin: “Scales Mound”
  • Mazanderani: “سکیل موند (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “سکیل موند”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Scales Mound”
  • Polish: “Scales Mound”
  • Portuguese: “Scales Mound”
  • Serbian: “Скејлс Маунд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Scales Mound, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Scales Mound”
  • Spanish: “Scales Mound”
  • Ukrainian: “Скейлс-Маунд”
  • Vietnamese: “Scales Mound, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Scales Mound”
  • Volapük: “Scales Mound”
  • Welsh: “Scales Mound, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Scales Mound”

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