Breese
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city in Illinois, USA; suburb of Greater St. Louis
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Clinton
- Established
- April 1st, 1856
- Named after
- Sidney Breese
- Total
- 2.70 sq mi (6.99 km )
- Land
- 2.67 sq mi (6.92 km )
- Water
- 0.027 sq mi (0.07 km )
- Elevation
- 453 ft (138 m)
- Density
- 1,737/sq mi (670.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 17-07913
- Website
- breese .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Breese is a city in Clinton County, Illinois, United States. Breese is the most populous city completely within Clinton County. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,641, the majority of whom are of German ancestry. Breese is part of the Metro-East region of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Breese” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.