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The Golconda Historic District is a designated historic district in the Pope County, Illinois city of Golconda, along the banks of the Ohio River. The district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places , one of only three sites in Pope County to be on the Register.
This list of cemeteries in Illinois includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Golconda is a city in and the county seat of Pope County, Illinois, United States, [3] located along the Ohio River. The population was 630 at the 2020 census. The population was 630 at the 2020 census.
Lincoln Courthouse Square Historic District, Logan County East Dubuque School, Jo Daviess County Cave-In-Rock, Hardin County Illinois State Capitol, Sangamon County Dennis Otte Round Barn, Stephenson County Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home, Lee County Pere Marquette Hotel, Peoria County General Dean Suspension Bridge, Clinton County
James A. Rose (1850-1912), born in Golconda, Illinois Secretary of State Mason Ramsey (2006-), born in Golconda, star of viral video “Walmart Kid Singing” and country singer Victor Belenko (1947-2023) born in the USSR, served in the Soviet Air Force until he stole a MiG-25 and flew to Japan providing the West with invaluable intelligence.
This is a list of archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois. Historic sites in the United States qualify to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places by passing one or more of four different criteria; Criterion D permits the inclusion of proven and potential archaeological sites . [ 1 ]
Miller Grove, Illinois is a former settlement in Pope County, Illinois. Miller Grove was a predominantly Black settlement founded in 1844 by freed slaves from Tennessee. [1] [2] The site is currently within the Shawnee National Forest. [3]
Much of central Golconda was named a historic district, the Golconda Historic District, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [1] The Pope County Courthouse was named a contributing property to the district, [3]: 10 and a later Forest Service survey of the region deemed it the district's focal point. [6]