Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site
Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site is a 200-acre park near Chester, Illinois, on a blufftop overlooking the Mississippi River. It commemorates the vanished frontier town of Old Kaskaskia and the support it gave to George Rogers Clark in the American Revolution.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kaskaskia and Chester.
Kaskaskia
Village
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Kaskaskia is a village in Randolph County, Illinois on the Mississippi River. The population of Kaskaskia was 21 in the 2020 United States census, making it the third-least populous incorporated community in Illinois behind Valley City and Florence. Kaskaskia is situated 3½ miles south of Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site.
Chester
Town
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Chester is a city in and the county seat of Randolph County, Illinois, United States, on a bluff above the Mississippi River. The population was 7,640 at the 2020 census. It lies 61 miles south of St. Louis, Missouri. Chester is situated 6 miles southeast of Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site.
Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site
- Type: Park
- Also known as: “Fort Kaskaskia State Park”
- Categories: state historic site in the United States and recreation area
- Location: Randolph, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.97059° or 37° 58′ 14″ northLongitude
-89.90927° or 89° 54′ 33″ westElevation
554 feet (169 metres)Open location code
869GX3CR+67OpenStreetMap ID
way 1424151748OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q8564751
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In Other Languages
From French to Swedish—“Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site” goes by many names.
- French: “fort Kaskaskia”
- French: “Fort Kaskaskia”
- Swedish: “Fort Kaskaskia”
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Highlights include Garrison Hill Cemetery and Pierre Menard Home Historic Site.
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