Millstadt (Illinois)
St. Clair County
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Millstadt is a municipality ( Village ) in St. Clair County in Illinois in the United States. It lies at the southern end of Illinois Route 163, which intersects with Illinois Route 158 here. The city is located in the Metro - East called the eastern part of the metropolitan area of Greater St. Louis about 6 km north-west town in St. Louis in neighboring Missouri.
At the time of the census of 2000, there were 2794 people, but a recent study in July 2006 estimated the population to 3247th
- 2.1 See also
- 4.1 Mayor
- 4.2 Town twinning
- 5.1 schools 5.1.1 Primary Schools
- 5.1.2 High Schools
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau Millstadt has an area of 2.9 km ².
Urban area
The construction of the center is formed by the intersection of two state highways. Illinois State Route 158, or Washington Avenue, leads west to Columbia and east to Belleville. The other main street is the Jefferson Avenue, the northern part of the southern end of the Illinois State Route 163 forms. This leads north to Centreville, where it crosses highways, where you can reach St. Louis ( Missouri). The southern end of Jefferson Avenue is, then outside of Millstadt Floraville Road.
History
During a Community barn construction in 1836, it was proposed to found a city on the land owned by Henry Randleman. You should " Centre Ville " hot, because the place is equidistant from Belleville, Columbia, and Pittsburg Lake. On March 13, 1837 plat ( plat ) was created. In 1880 the name was changed in Millstadt, as the name Centreville was already used by another town nearby.
Another version (from the Millstadt school website ) " From the story, how did Centreville Millstadt was something like this: The current Centreville and our Centreville each had a post office where a large amount of mail came by themselves and was delivered wrong. Our ancestors claimed an official organization by the State. They had decided to use the name " Mittlestadt " or "Middle Town" to accept, literally means "center city". Somehow, the letter was misinterpreted and the files with " Millstadt " returned. As you can imagine, the government group has decided to keep the name, because we had several mills at this time and the name fit. "