Illiopolis, Illinois
Illiopolis is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. The population was 846 at the 2020 census.[1] It is part of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Illiopolis is located at 39°51′5″N 89°14′50″W / 39.85139°N 89.24722°W (39.851351, -89.247131).[2]
The name was formed from Illinois and -polis, a Greek suffix meaning "city".[3]
Illiopolis, Illinois Media
The ruins of the Sangamon Ordnance Plant, closed following World War II, lie west of Illiopolis.
The Formosa Plastics plant near Illiopolis, (only a skeleton crew of maintenance personnel and security workers remain as of May 2009)
References
- ↑ "Illiopolis village, Illinois". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
- ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 165.
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