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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 December 2024. "Cities in Illinois" redirects here. For unincorporated communities, see List of unincorporated communities in Illinois. For CDPs, see List of census-designated places in Illinois. Map of the United States with Illinois highlighted Illinois is a state located in the Midwestern United ...
This is a list of U.S. cities (or census-designated areas) named for the state in which they are located. Locations which are no longer functioning cities (including former cities and present ghost towns) are marked with an asterisk (*).
This category contains articles about cities in the U.S. state of Illinois. Cities are one type of municipality, the other two being villages and incorporated towns. The main article for this category is List of municipalities in Illinois; Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cities in Illinois
The administrative divisions of Illinois are counties, townships, precincts, cities, towns, villages, and special-purpose districts. [1] The basic subdivisions of Illinois are the 102 counties. [2] Illinois has more units of local government than any other state—over 8,000 in all. [3]
Illinois's FIPS state code is 17 and its postal abbreviation is IL. What is now Illinois was claimed as part of Illinois County, Virginia, between 1778 and 1782. Modern-day county formation dates to 1790 when the area was part of the Northwest Territory; two counties—St. Clair and Knox—were created at that time.
This category includes articles on settlements in the U.S. state of Illinois. Incorporated cities, towns, and villages are in Category:Municipalities in Illinois
Cities, villages, and incorporated towns are the only three types of municipal government in the state. Please note that incorporated towns are distinct from townships, a more common form of local government in Illinois.
The city of Rockford, Illinois's third-largest city and center of the state's fourth largest metropolitan area, sits along Interstates 39 and 90 some 75 mi (121 km) northwest of Chicago. The Quad Cities region, located along the Mississippi River in northern Illinois, had a population of 381,342 in 2011.