Douglas, Illinois (other)

	Douglas, Illinois (other) Douglas, Illinois may refer to: Douglas, Knox County, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Knox County Douglas, St. Clair County, Illinois, an unincorporated community in St. Clair County Douglas, Chicago, a neighborhood of Chicago New Douglas, Illinois, a village in Madison County See also Douglas County, Illinois Douglas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 19,740. The county seat is Tuscola. History Douglas County was formed in 1859 out of Coles County. It was named for ... , a county in the U.S. state of Illinois {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Douglas, Knox County, Illinois Douglas is an unincorporated community in Knox County, Illinois Knox County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it had a population of 49,967. Its county seat is Galesburg, Illinois, Galesburg. Knox County comprises the ..., United States. Douglas is west of Yates City. History Clinton L. Ewing (1879–1953), Illinois state legislator, businessman, and farmer, lived with his wife and family in Douglas.'Illinois Blue Book 1941-1943,' Biographical Sketch of Clinton L. Ewing, pg. 236-237 References Unincorporated communities in Knox County, Illinois Unincorporated communities in Illinois {{KnoxCountyIL-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Douglas, Chicago Douglas, on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, is one of Chicago's 77 community areas. The neighborhood is named for Stephen A. Douglas, Illinois politician and Abraham Lincoln's political foe, whose estate included a tract of land given to the federal government. This tract later was developed for use as the Civil War Union training and prison camp, Camp Douglas, located in what is now the eastern portion of the Douglas neighborhood. Douglas gave that part of his estate at Cottage Grove and 35th to the Old University of Chicago. The Chicago 2016 Olympic bid planned for the Olympic Village to be constructed on a truck parking lot, south of McCormick Place, that is mostly in the Douglas community area and partly in the Near South Side. The Douglas community area stretches from 26th Street, south to Pershing Road along the Lake Shore, including parts of the Green Line, along State Street and the Metra Electric and Amtrak passenger railroad tracks, which run parallel to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	New Douglas, Illinois New Douglas is a village in Madison County, Illinois, Madison County, Illinois, United States. The population was 350 at the 2020 census. History Overview New Douglas was laid out by Alonzo Foster in 1860, the village got its namesake from the Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas, Stephan A. Douglas . The community was centered on the local coal mines and farming into the early 1900s. When need for coal dropped in the 1950s the town fell back on its farming roots, mostly of maize, corn and soybeans. Geography New Douglas is located in the northeast corner of Madison County east of Livingston, Illinois, Livingston, northeast of Edwardsville, Illinois, Edwardsville, the county seat, and northeast of St. Louis. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, New Douglas has a total area of , of which , or 0.19%, are water. The village drains west to Silver Creek and southeast to the Little Dry Fork of Shoal Creek (Illinois), Shoal Creek. The entire town is within the Kaskaskia River watersh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]