Mulkeytown is an

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and

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in Franklin County,

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, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 175.

Geography

Mulkeytown is located south of

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(via I-57 south to IL 14 west), and southeast of

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(via I-64 east to US 51 south to IL 14 east). Mulkeytown is located on

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, west of

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, in Tyrone Township, in the west-central portion of Franklin County. According to the

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, the Mulkeytown CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.24%, is water.

Demographics

As of the 2010 census, its population was 175. The racial makeup was 99.4% white and 0.6% Asian. As of 2014 the median age of residents was 53.9

History

Centennial and sesquicentennial farms

Centennial and sesquicentennial farms are those family farms that have been held within a family for more than 100 or 150 years. *Davis - 1848 *Greenwood - 1854 *Berner - 1871

Education

*Mulkeytown Grade School (closed 1987 and consolidated with Christopher Elementary School) - Now re-purposed as the West Franklin Historical District and Genealogical Society. *Christopher Unit School District #99Christopher Unit School District #99
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Religious organizations

* Greenwood Methodist Church * Minor Church of Christ * Mulkeytown Christian Church - (Est. 1818) * Mulkeytown Baptist Church

Cemeteries

*Cook Cemetery *Greenwood Cemetery *Mulkeytown Cemetery *Naylor Cemetery *Old Mulkeytown Cemetery *Reed-Kirpatrick Cemetery *Ward Cemetery

Historical

* West Franklin Historical Museum * Silkwood Inn Museum

Notable people

* Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick (b. February 21, 1848; d. April 5, 1909) - Attorney, U.S. Representative from Kansas, Kansas State House of Representatives *

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- Illinois state legislator

References

1818 establishments in Illinois Territory Census-designated places in Franklin County, Illinois Census-designated places in Illinois Populated places established in 1818 Pre-statehood history of Illinois Populated places in Southern Illinois Unincorporated communities in Illinois {{FranklinCountyIL-geo-stub