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Carbondale is a city in Jackson County, Illinois, United States, within the Southern Illinois region informally known as "Little Egypt". As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 25,083, making it the most populous city in Southern Illinois outside the Metro East region of Greater St. Louis. [4]
Carbondale Township is one of sixteen townships in Jackson County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 24,686 and it contained 13,823 housing units. [ 1 ] Southern Illinois University is located in this township.
Banterra Center (formerly SIU Arena) [2] is an 8,284-seat multi-purpose arena, on the campus of Southern Illinois University, in Carbondale, Illinois, United States. Construction on the arena began in the spring of 1962 and took nearly two years to complete. It was completed in 1964 and is the home of the SIU Salukis basketball team. [3]
Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois with a population of 52,974 at the 2020 census, the county is located 98 miles southeast of St. Louis. [1] [2] Its county seat is Murphysboro, [3] and its most populous city is Carbondale, home to the main campus of Southern Illinois University.
Center of the Old Campus quad on the former site of the Old Main building Sculpture Paul and Virginia Fountain, [8] Restored by John Medwedeff [9] "This is a reproduction of the original Paul and Virginia fountain which had been donated to Southern Illinois Normal University by the Class of 1887. This [...]" 2016 October
The oldest home in the district, which was built in 1859, is a plain frame building. The 1868–69 Italianate house at 505 West Walnut was the home of Robert Allyn, the first president of Southern Illinois University; Allyn, who bought the house in 1879, added the house's mansard roof, the only one in Carbondale. [2]
Southern Illinois University Carbondale (2 C, 18 P) T. Television stations in the Paducah–Cape Girardeau–Harrisburg market (13 P) Pages in category "Carbondale ...
The cemetery was established in 1854, two years before the incorporation of Carbondale. Over twenty Civil War soldiers, most of them Carbondale natives, were buried in the cemetery during the war. In April 1866, three Civil War veterans from Carbondale organized an event to honor the dead soldiers and decorate their gravesites; this event was ...