Marblehead, Illinois
Unincorporated community in Illinois, United States
39°50′23″N 91°22′07″W / 39.83972°N 91.36861°W / 39.83972; -91.36861Marblehead is an unincorporated community in Adams County, Illinois, United States, just south of Quincy. Illinois State Route 57 is the main auxiliary route through the town and travels north to the business district of Quincy or south to Interstate 72 (near Hannibal, Missouri).
The community is part of the Quincy, IL–MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Lake Marblehead
Marblehead is prone to flooding and during the Flood of 2008, the town was flooded with water from the Mississippi River. A temporary (and satirically named) "Lake Marblehead" was formed when the flood plain flooded.[1]
References
- ^ WGEM.com: Quincy News, Weather, Sports, and Radio -Going with the flow in Marblehead
External links
- NACo
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Marblehead
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Municipalities and communities of Adams County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Quincy
communities
- Bigneck
- Blacks
- Chatton
- Chestline
- Cliola
- Country Meadows
- Ewbanks
- Hickory Grove
- Kellerville
- Marblehead
- North Quincy
- Rock Creek
- Sheridan Estates
- Spring Valley
- Woodville
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