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Bunker Hill is located in southern Macoupin County in the eastern part of Bunker Hill Township. Carlinville , the Macoupin county seat , is 19 miles (31 km) to the north, Alton on the Mississippi River is 20 miles (32 km) to the southwest, and downtown St. Louis is 37 miles (60 km) to the south-southwest.
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Bunker Hill Township (T7N R8W) is located in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population is 3,227 and it contains 10,387 housing units [ 2 ] Geography
Macoupin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census , it had a population of 44,967. [ 1 ] The county seat is Carlinville .
The Alton and Terre Haute railroad was originally planned to pass through Woodburn, but a decision was made that sent it through Bunker Hill instead. Rail travel was much preferred to stagecoach, so as a result of this decision, Bunker Hill began to grow and Woodburn began to fade. [4] Macoupin County portion of an 1855 Illinois county map.
Illinois Route 138 is a state highway in southwestern Illinois. It runs from Illinois Route 159 north of Bunker Hill to the city of Mount Olive at Illinois Street, a former alignment of U.S. Route 66. This is a distance of 14.95 miles (24.06 km). [1]
A historic map of Bunker Hill featuring military notes Sketch of the Battle of Bunker Hill, printed in August 1775. The colonial regiments were under the overall command of General Ward, with General Putnam and Colonel Prescott leading in the field, but they often acted quite independently. [ 99 ]
Illinois Route 14 (IL 14) is a major east–west highway in southern Illinois. It runs from U.S. Route 51 south of Du Quoin to the New Harmony Toll Bridge over the Wabash River to State Road 66 at the Indiana state line.