Rock Island
Rock Island is an island in Alexander, Illinois. Rock Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Gale, as well as near the locality North Junction.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.
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".
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.
Rock Island
- Type: Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Alexander, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.2459° or 37° 14′ 45″ northLongitude
-89.4543° or 89° 27′ 15″ westElevation
312 feet (95 metres)Open location code
869G6GWW+97OpenStreetMap ID
node 354129820OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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