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Moline (/ m oʊ ˈ l iː n / moh-LEEN) is a city located in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States.With a population of 42,985 in the 2020 census, it is the largest city in Rock Island County. [3]
The Quad Cities is a region of five cities (originally Tri-Cities, later four, see History) in the U.S. states of Iowa and Illinois: Davenport and Bettendorf (the fifth to be included) in southeastern Iowa, and Rock Island, Moline and East Moline (the fourth to be included) in northwestern Illinois.
This is a list of the area codes in the state of Illinois and its numbering plan areas in the North American Numbering Plan.. All NPAs within Illinois. 217/447: Central Illinois, including the region running west from the Illinois-Indiana border through Danville, Effingham, Champaign–Urbana, Decatur, Springfield, Quincy until Illinois' western border with Missouri and Iowa
Moline Township is located in Rock Island County, Illinois, USA. At the 2010 census, its population was 23,529 and it contained 10,314 housing units. At the 2010 census, its population was 23,529 and it contained 10,314 housing units.
Rock Island County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois, bounded on the west by the Mississippi River. According to the 2020 census , it had a population of 144,672. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Rock Island ; its largest city is neighboring Moline . [ 2 ]
Moline c. 1840. The city of Moline traces its beginnings to the arrival of David B. Sears from Cairo, Illinois in 1836. [3] He established a brush and stone mill in 1838 in what was an unincorporated area known as Rock Island Mills. Other mills were opened in the area that did everything from grinding corn and wheat to processing logs into lumber.
In the 1920s, two state highways followed the general alignment that I-80 takes. In 1932, US Route 6 (US 6) was extended through Illinois, paralleling the alignment that I-80 in Illinois takes today. Construction started in 1957, and I-80 was completed in 1968. In the early 1990s, Illinois wanted to reroute I-80 in the Quad Cities area.
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.