Monmouth
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city in Warren County, Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Warren
- Township
- Monmouth
- Total
- 4.26 sq mi (11.04 km )
- Land
- 4.24 sq mi (10.99 km )
- Water
- 0.019 sq mi (0.05 km )
- Elevation
- 751 ft (229 m)
- Density
- 2,098.7/sq mi (810.31/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 17-50010
- Wikimedia commons
- Monmouth, Illinois
- Website
- cityofmonmouth .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Monmouth is a city in and the county seat of Warren County, Illinois, United States. The population was 8,902 at the 2020 census, down from 9,444 in 2010. It is the home of Monmouth College.
Local parks and insitutions located within Monmouth include Monmouth Park, Harmon Park, North Park, Warfield Park, West Park, South Park, Garwood Park, Buster White Park and the Citizens Lake & Campground. It is the host of the Prime Beef festival, held annually the week after Labor Day. The festival is kicked off with one of the largest parades in Western Illinois. Monmouth is also known regionally as the "Maple City". It is part of the Galesburg Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Monmouth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.