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Gillespie is a city in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States, and part of the Metro East region of the St. Louis metropolitan area. The population was 3,168 at the 2020 census. The population was 3,168 at the 2020 census.
Gillespie Township is located in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,882 and it contained 1,831 housing units. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,882 and it contained 1,831 housing units.
East Gillespie is located in southeastern Macoupin County at (39.137337, −89.814663 It is bordered to the south by the city of Gillespie. Illinois Route 4 runs through the village, leading north 11 miles (18 km) to Carlinville, the Macoupin county seat, and south 9 miles (14 km) to Staunton.
Macoupin is an adaptation of the Miami-Illinois term for the American lotus Nelumbo lutea. None of the native Indians remain, although some descendants of the earliest European settlers claim partial ancestry. The first European contact was by French explorers in the seventeenth century, travelling southward down the major rivers.
IL Route 4 is an important road in St. Clair and Madison counties as it connects many suburbs and exurbs on the eastern edge of St. Louis, including Mascoutah, Lebanon, Troy, Highland, Edwardsville, Hamel, Staunton, Benld, and Gillespie.
Dobrino, 15th all-time for wins in Illinois High School Association history with a 267-188-3 record, spent 27 seasons at Gillespie and 13 with the Wildcats. He came back at 80 years old for two ...
IL 16 – Gillespie, Litchfield, Hillsboro IL 108 west – Carlinville IL 48 north / IL 127 south – Raymond, Hillsboro, Decatur, Taylorville: Sangamon: Pawnee Junction: IL 104 – Auburn, Pawnee: interchange US 66 Bus. east (6th Street) – Springfield: Springfield: IL 29 (Singer Avenue) – Mason City, Pekin, Taylorville, Pana: 96: 154
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