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Galesburg is a city in Knox County, Illinois, United States.The city is 45 miles (72 km) northwest of Peoria.At the 2010 census, its population was 32,195. [4] It is the county seat of Knox County [5] and the principal city of the Galesburg Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Knox and Warren counties.
Omer N. Custer, Illinois State Treasurer and newspaper editor; lived in Galesburg [5] Phil Hare, U.S. congressman representing Illinois's 17th district [6] Don Harmon, Illinois State Senator (Lived in Galesburg while attending Knox College) Carl Hawkinson, Illinois politician; born in Galesburg [7]
Monmouth is a city in and the county seat of Warren County, Illinois, United States. [3] The population was 8,902 at the 2020 census, down from 9,444 in 2010. It is the home of Monmouth College and contains Monmouth Park, Harmon Park, North Park, Warfield Park, West Park, South Park, Garwood Park, Buster White Park and the Citizens Lake & Campground.
The Register-Mail is an American daily newspaper published in Galesburg, Illinois. The paper was owned by the Pritchard family from 1896 to 1989, when it was sold to the Journal Star. [3] Copley Press bought both papers for $174.5 million. [4] In 2007, GateHouse Media bought Copley's Illinois and Ohio papers. [5]
Born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Custer moved to Galesburg, Illinois where he owned the Galesburg Register-Mail newspaper. He was also president of the Galesburg National Bank and of the telephone company. Custer was a Republican. He served as Illinois Treasurer from 1925 to 1927 and 1929 to 1931. As time went on Omer Custer expanded his ...
The Daily Review Atlas, more commonly referred to by local residents as the Review Atlas, is an American daily newspaper published in Monmouth, Illinois. It is owned by Gannett. It was formed in 1924 through the merger of The Monmouth Daily Atlas (founded c. 1904) and The Monmouth Daily Review (began daily publication in 1890). [1]
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Warren County is located in Illinois's 17th Congressional District and is currently represented by Democrat Cheri Bustos. For the Illinois House of Representatives , the county is split between the 93rd district, currently represented by Republican Norine Hammond , and the 94th district, currently represented by Randy Frese .