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Rock Island
Rock Island Township

Rock Island

Rock Island is one of the in . Downtown Rock Island has art galleries and theaters, nightclubs and coffee shops, and restaurants of all flavors.
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  • Type: City with 37,100 residents
  • Description: city in and the county seat of Rock Island County, Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Quad Cities”, “Rock Island, IL”, “Rock Island, Illinois”, and “Stephenson”
  • Postal codes: 61201, 61204, and 61299

Places of Interest

Highlights include Modern Woodmen Park and Figge Art Museum.

Stadium
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is a minor league baseball venue located in . It is home to the Quad Cities River Bandits, the Midwest League affiliate of the Kansas City Royals.

Art gallery
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The is located on the north bank of the in . The Figge, as it is commonly known, has an encyclopedic collection and serves as the major art museum for the eastern and western Illinois region.

Prison
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The is the main detention facility for , United States. Inmates are housed for no more than one year, by Iowa law. It is located in the county seat, , and is part of same facility as the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Davenport and Quad Cities.

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is one of the , in . This Midwestern city on the bank of the has seen a great deal of action throughout history.

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The is a metropolitan area of five, not four, closely-entangled cities and their suburbs on either side of the between and . It is part of both the and regions.

Neighborhood
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is a nationally recognized historic district and neighborhood in Rock Island, Illinois, United States. It is roughly bounded by 17th and 23rd street, 5th and 7th avenues, Lincoln Court, and 12th and 13th avenues.

Rock Island

Latitude
41.5095° or 41° 30′ 34″ north
Longitude
-90.5792° or 90° 34′ 45″ west
Population
37,100
Elevation
561 feet (171 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US RKI
Open location code
86HFGC5C+R8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151452206
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4907907
Wiki­data ID
Q577878
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Rock Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “روك أيلاند”
  • Armenian: “Ռոք Այլենդ”
  • Basque: “Rock Island”
  • Belarusian: “Рок-Айленд”
  • Catalan: “Rock Island”
  • Cebuano: “Rock Island”
  • Chechen: “Рок-Айленд”
  • Chinese: “Rock Island”
  • Chinese: “岩石岛县”
  • Chinese: “岩石島縣”
  • Chinese: “巖島市”
  • Chinese: “洛克岛”
  • Chinese: “洛克島”
  • Chinese: “羅克艾蘭”
  • Cornish: “Rock Island, Illinois”
  • Cornish: “Rock Island”
  • Croatian: “Rock Island”
  • Czech: “Rock Island”
  • Dagbani: “Rock Island”
  • Danish: “Rock Island”
  • Dutch: “Rock Island”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “روك ايلاند”
  • Finnish: “Rock Island”
  • French: “Rock Island”
  • Georgian: “როკ-აილენდი”
  • German: “Rock Island”
  • Gilaki: “راک آیلند (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “راک آیلند”
  • Greek: “Ροκ Άιλαντ”
  • Haitian: “Rock Island, Ilinwa”
  • Haitian: “Rock Island”
  • Hebrew: “רוק איילנד”
  • Hungarian: “Rock Island”
  • Ido: “Rock Island, Illinois”
  • Ido: “Rock Island”
  • Indonesian: “Rock Island, Illinois”
  • Indonesian: “Rock Island”
  • Irish: “Rock Island”
  • Italian: “Rock Island”
  • Japanese: “ロック・アイランド”
  • Japanese: “ロックアイランド”
  • Korean: “록아일랜드”
  • Ladin: “Rock Island”
  • Luxembourgish: “Rock Island”
  • Marathi: “रॉक आयलंड”
  • Mazanderani: “راک‌آیلند (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “راک‌آیلند”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Rock Island”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rock Island”
  • Norwegian: “Rock Island”
  • Persian: “راک‌آیلند، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “راک‌آیلند”
  • Polish: “Rock Island”
  • Portuguese: “Rock Island”
  • Russian: “Рок-Айленд”
  • Serbian: “Рок Ајланд, Илиноис”
  • Serbian: “Рок Ајланд”
  • Serbian: “Рок Ајленд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rock Island, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rock Island”
  • Slovak: “Rock Island”
  • Slovenian: “Rock Island”
  • South Azerbaijani: “راک‌آیلند، ایلینوی”
  • Spanish: “Rock Island (Illinois)”
  • Spanish: “Rock Island”
  • Swedish: “Rock Island”
  • Talysh: “Rok Ajlend”
  • Tatar: “Рок-Айленд”
  • Turkish: “Rock Island, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Rock Island”
  • Ukrainian: “Рок-Айленд”
  • Urdu: “راک آئی لینڈ، الینوائے”
  • Urdu: “راک آئی لینڈ”
  • Uzbek: “Rock Island”
  • Uzbek: “Роcк Исланд”
  • Vietnamese: “Rock Island, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Rock Island”
  • Volapük: “Rock Island”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Rock Island, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Rock Island”
  • Welsh: “Rock Island, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Rock Island”

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