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Gillespie is located mainly in eastern Gillespie Township but extends east into the west part of Cahokia Township. It is bordered to the north by the village of East Gillespie. Illinois Routes 4 and 16 pass through Gillespie, joining in the center of town as East Elm Street.
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.
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Carlinville have ranged from a low of 17 °F (−8 °C) in January to a high of 87 °F (31 °C) in July, although a record low of −23 °F (−31 °C) was recorded in February 1905 and a record high of 113 °F (45 °C) was recorded in July 1954.
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.
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 ...
South County News – Gillespie; Springfield Republican-American ... Terence A. Tanner Collection at the Illinois History and Lincoln Collections at the University of ...
Illinois State Bond Issue Route 4 was the first numbered through route between Chicago and St. Louis, as shown on the 1924 Illinois Road Map. [3] As such it was the forerunner of more famous routes US 66 and Interstate 55.
Illinois is home of various museums devoted to the history of US 66, such as the Berwyn Route 66 Museum in Berwyn, the Joliet Area Historical Museum's Route 66 Welcome Center, the Illinois Route 66 Association Hall of Fame and Museum in Pontiac, and the Cruisin' with Lincoln Visitors Center, [35] inside the McLean County Museum of History in ...