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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Madison County, Illinois

 
Clickable Map of Madison County, Illinois and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Madison County, IL (101) Bond County, IL (20) Clinton County, IL (3) Jersey County, IL (11) Macoupin County, IL (10) Montgomery County, IL (13) St. Clair County, IL (90) St. Charles County, MO (115) St. Louis County, MO (457) St. Louis County, MO (395)  MadisonCounty(101) Madison County (101)  BondCounty(20) Bond County (20)  ClintonCounty(3) Clinton County (3)  JerseyCounty(11) Jersey County (11)  MacoupinCounty(10) Macoupin County (10)  MontgomeryCounty(13) Montgomery County (13)  St.ClairCounty(90) St. Clair County (90)  St.CharlesCountyMissouri(115) St. Charles County (115)  St.Louis(457) St. Louis (457)  St.LouisCounty(395) St. Louis County (395)
Adjacent to Madison County, Illinois
    Bond County (20)
    Clinton County (3)
    Jersey County (11)
    Macoupin County (10)
    Montgomery County (13)
    St. Clair County (90)
    St. Charles County, Missouri (115)
    St. Louis, Missouri (457)
    St. Louis County, Missouri (395)
 
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
1Illinois (Madison County), Alton — A Changing Waterfront
On Riverfront Drive west of Boat Launch Road, on the right when traveling east. Reported damaged.
2Illinois (Madison County), Alton — 4 — Alton & Sangamon Railroad
On Belle Street at West 5th Street, on the right when traveling north on Belle Street.
3Illinois (Madison County), Alton — Alton and the Flood of '93
On Riverfront Drive west of Boat Launch Road, on the right when traveling east. Reported damaged.
4Illinois (Madison County), Alton — Alton National Cemetery
On Pearl Street north of Joesting Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
5Illinois (Madison County), Alton — College Avenue Presbyterian Church — 1837
On College Avenue (Illinois Route 140) at Clawson Street, on the left when traveling east on College Avenue.
6Illinois (Madison County), Alton — College Avenue Presbyterian Church and the Old Rock House — The Anti-Slavery Society Is Born
On College Avenue (Illinois Route 140) at Clawson Street, on the right when traveling west on College Avenue.
7Illinois (Madison County), Alton — Confederate Cemetery Monument
On Rozier Street west of State Street, on the right when traveling east.
8Illinois (Madison County), Alton — Discover History All Around Alton — Looking for Lincoln
On Market Street south of West Broadway, on the left when traveling north.
9Illinois (Madison County), Alton — Elijah Parish Lovejoy
Near East 5th Street at Monument Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
10Illinois (Madison County), Alton — Elijah Parish Lovejoy
On East 5th Street at Monument Avenue, on the left on East 5th Street.
11Illinois (Madison County), Alton — Elijah Parish Lovejoy
On College Avenue (Illinois Route 140) at Clawson Street, on the left when traveling east on College Avenue.
12Illinois (Madison County), Alton — First Soybeans Planted in Illinois, 1851
On Prospect Street just west of State Street, on the left when traveling south.
13Illinois (Madison County), Alton — Freedom's Martyr — Elijah P. Lovejoy — Looking for Lincoln —
Near East 5th Street at Monument Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
14Illinois (Madison County), Alton — 1 — Godfrey, Gilman & Co. Warehouse
On William Street north of West Broadway (Illinois Route 100), on the right when traveling south.
15Illinois (Madison County), Alton — Great River Floods
On Riverfront Drive west of Boat Launch Road, on the right when traveling east. Reported unreadable.
16Illinois (Madison County), Alton — Haskell Playhouse
On Henry Street north of East 12th Street, on the right when traveling north.
17Illinois (Madison County), Alton — In Remembrance - Wood River Massacre - July 10, 1814
On College Avenue (Illinois Route 140) at Park Road (Illinois Route 140), on the right when traveling west on College Avenue.
18Illinois (Madison County), Alton — John Mason Peck
On College Avenue (Illinois Route 140), on the right when traveling west.
19Illinois (Madison County), Alton — Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Alton
On West Broadway west of Market Street, on the right when traveling east.
20Illinois (Madison County), Alton — Lincoln-Douglas Debates! — Lincoln's Rise to Prominence
On Market Street south of West Broadway, on the left when traveling north.
21Illinois (Madison County), Alton — Lyman Trumbull House — New Birth of Freedom — Looking for Lincoln —
On Henry Street at East 12th Street, on the right when traveling north on Henry Street.
22Illinois (Madison County), Alton — Miles Davis — May 26, 1926 - September 28, 1991 — Alton, Illinois - Birthplace of the Cool —
On West 3rd Street just west of Piasa Street (U.S. 67), on the right when traveling east.
23Illinois (Madison County), Alton — North Alton Confederate Cemetery
On Rozier Street west of State Street, on the left when traveling south.
24Illinois (Madison County), Alton — 5 — Plank Road
On State Street at West Dalmar Avenue, on the right when traveling south on State Street.
25Illinois (Madison County), Alton — Robert Pershing Wadlow
26Illinois (Madison County), Alton — Ruins of First State Prison in Illinois
On William Street north of West Broadway (Route 100), on the left when traveling north.
27Illinois (Madison County), Alton — Ryder Building — Lincoln Practiced Here — Life Before Presidency —
On Alby Street at East Broadway, on the right when traveling south on Alby Street.
28Illinois (Madison County), Alton — Scott Bibb and the Alton School Desegregation Case — (1897-1908)
On East 5th Street at Central Avenue, on the left when traveling east on East 5th Street.
29Illinois (Madison County), Alton — Smallpox Island — The Deadly Epidemic
On Riverfront Drive west of Boat Launch Road, on the right when traveling east.
30Illinois (Madison County), Alton — 2 — St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Near East 3rd Street east of Market Street.
31Illinois (Madison County), Alton — The Cost of Freedom
Near Pearl Street north of Joesting Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
32Illinois (Madison County), Alton — The Duel That Never Happened
On Riverfront Drive west of Boat Launch Road, on the left when traveling west.
33Illinois (Madison County), Alton — The Legend of the Piasa
On IL-100 (Illinois Route 100), on the right when traveling north.
34Illinois (Madison County), Alton — Veterans Memorial
On North Alby Street just north of Industrial Drive, on the right when traveling north.
35Illinois (Madison County), Bethalto — Culp Lane Park — History of the Park
Near Culp Lane 0.3 miles east of Stadium Drive, on the right when traveling east.
36Illinois (Madison County), Collinsville — Cahokia — City of the Sun
Near Collins Lane 0.1 miles north of Collinsville Road.
37Illinois (Madison County), Collinsville — Collinsville — Main Street of America
On North Combs Avenue just north of West Main Street, on the left when traveling south.
38Illinois (Madison County), Collinsville — Monks Mound — The largest prehistoric earthwork in the Americas
Near Collins Ln 0.1 miles north of Collinsville Rd.
39Illinois (Madison County), Collinsville — Pan
On West Main Street east of South Guernsey Street, on the right when traveling east.
40Illinois (Madison County), Collinsville — Robert Prager Lynching Site
On St. Louis Road at National Terrace on St. Louis Road.
41Illinois (Madison County), Collinsville — Stockade — A Walled City
Near Collins Lane 0.1 miles north of Collinsville Road.
42Illinois (Madison County), Collinsville — The 1937 Main Building
On West Main Street just east of North Guernsey Street, on the right when traveling east.
43Illinois (Madison County), Collinsville — The 1960's Additions to the Library Building
On West Main Street just east of South Guernsey Street, on the right when traveling east.
44Illinois (Madison County), Collinsville — The 1986 Additions to the Library Building
Near West Main Street just east of South Guernsey Street, on the right when traveling east.
45Illinois (Madison County), Collinsville — The Blum House
On West Main Street just east of South Guernsey Street, on the right when traveling east.
46Illinois (Madison County), Collinsville — The Collinsville Historical Museum
Near West Main Street just east of South Guernsey Street, on the right when traveling east.
47Illinois (Madison County), Collinsville — The D.D. Collins House
On West Main Street just east of North Combs Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
48Illinois (Madison County), Collinsville — The Dorris Fountain
On West Main Street just east of South Guernsey Street, on the right when traveling east.
49Illinois (Madison County), Collinsville — The Magnolia Tree
On West Main Street just east of South Guernsey Street, on the right when traveling east.
50Illinois (Madison County), Collinsville — Woodhenge — A prehistoric solar calendar
On Collinsville Rd 0.4 miles west of Sand Prairie Rd, on the right when traveling west.
51Illinois (Madison County), East Alton — Wann Railroad Disaster
On North Shamrock Street, on the right when traveling south.
52Illinois (Madison County), Edwardsville — A-7E Corsair II — Bureau Number 159303
Near Center Grove Road east of Esic Drive.
53Illinois (Madison County), Edwardsville — Benjamin Stephenson House — 1820
On South Buchanan Street, on the left when traveling north.
54Illinois (Madison County), Edwardsville — Cleaon Etzkorn Bandstand
On E. Park Street near S. Kansas St., on the right when traveling west.
55Illinois (Madison County), Edwardsville — Edwardsville — Home of Five Illinois Governors
On St Louis Street at Randle Street, on the left when traveling east on St Louis Street.
56Illinois (Madison County), Edwardsville — Edwardsville National Bank Clock
On North Main Street (Illinois Route 143) 0.1 miles north of Hillsboro Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
57Illinois (Madison County), Edwardsville — Edwardsville, Illinois — Welcome to Route 66 Illinois
On West Street (Illinois Route 157) at West Schwarz Street, on the right when traveling east on West Street.
58Illinois (Madison County), Edwardsville — First Cemetery in the City of Edwardsville
On Oak Lane at Randle Street, on the right when traveling south on Oak Lane.
59Illinois (Madison County), Edwardsville — Fort Russell
Near Springfield Road near Illinois Route 159. Reported missing.
60Illinois (Madison County), Edwardsville — Goshen Road Terminus
On Goshen Road, on the right when traveling west.
61Illinois (Madison County), Edwardsville — Governor Coles and Slavery
On North Main Street (Illinois Route 143/159) at Liberty Street, on the right when traveling west on North Main Street.
62Illinois (Madison County), Edwardsville — In grateful memory of the early settlers
On South Buchanan Street (Illinois Route 157) south of East Vandalia Street (Illinois Route 143/157), on the right when traveling south.
63Illinois (Madison County), Edwardsville — In Memory of Dr. Thomas R. Yates
Near East Park Street.
64Illinois (Madison County), Edwardsville — LeClaire, Illinois
On Troy Road at Longfellow Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Troy Road.
65Illinois (Madison County), Edwardsville — Ninian Edwards — 1775 - 1833
On E. Vandalia Street (Illinois Route 157) at St Louis Street, on the left when traveling east on E. Vandalia Street.
66Illinois (Madison County), Edwardsville — Site of Abraham Lincoln's Speech
On North Main Street (Illinois Route 143) at St Louis Street, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street.
67Illinois (Madison County), Edwardsville — The Madison County Centennial Monument
Near South Buchanan Street just south of East Vandalia Street (Illinois Route 143/157), on the right when traveling south.
68Illinois (Madison County), Edwardsville — The Mississippi River Festival
On North University Drive 0.3 miles south of New Poag Trail, on the right when traveling south.
69Illinois (Madison County), Edwardsville — The Pogue Store
On North Main Street (Illinois Route 143/159), on the right when traveling south.
70Illinois (Madison County), Glen Carbon — Bethel Meetinghouse
On Glen Carbon Road at Lakewood Drive, on the right when traveling west on Glen Carbon Road.
71Illinois (Madison County), Glen Carbon — Nix/Judy Pioneer Cemetery
Near Bluff Road (Illinois Route 157) north of Interstate 270.
72Illinois (Madison County), Glen Carbon — Revolutionary War Patriots
Near Bluff Road (Illinois Route 157) north of Interstate 270.
73Illinois (Madison County), Glen Carbon — Village Hall & Firehouse
On Summit Avenue at School Street, on the left when traveling north on Summit Avenue.
74Illinois (Madison County), Glen Carbon — World War I Memorial
Near Center Street just south of West Guy Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
75Illinois (Madison County), Godfrey — 8 — Benjamin Godfrey
Near Godfrey Road (U.S. 67) south of Pearl Street.
76Illinois (Madison County), Godfrey — 7 — Benjamin Godfrey Memorial Chapel
Near LCCC Road west of Godfrey Road (U.S. 67).
77Illinois (Madison County), Godfrey — 8 — Godfrey Cemetery
Near Mulberry Street west of Godfrey Road (U.S. 67).
78Illinois (Madison County), Godfrey — 9 — Godfrey Mansion
Near Godfrey Road (U.S. 67) south of Lars Hoffman Crossing.
79Illinois (Madison County), Godfrey — Lindbergh Relay Station
On Godfrey Road (U.S. 67) north of Lars Hoffman Crossing, on the right when traveling south.
80Illinois (Madison County), Godfrey — 6 — Monticello College
Near LCCC Road west of Godfrey Road (U.S. 67).
81Illinois (Madison County), Granite City — Old Chain of Rocks Bridge — Welcome to Route 66 Illinois
On Chain of Rocks Road.
82Illinois (Madison County), Granite City — Six Mile Prairie
Near Maryville Road.
83Illinois (Madison County), Hamel — Truckin Down 66 - Cassens Transport and Hamel — Tourist Haven Resaurant
On South Old Route 66 (Old Illinois Route 157) north of Broadway Street, on the left when traveling north. Reported unreadable.
84Illinois (Madison County), Hartford — Lewis and Clark Expedition
On Levee Road near Illinois Route 3.
85Illinois (Madison County), Hartford — The Journey Begins Here
On Levee Road near State Route 3 (Illinois Route 3).
86Illinois (Madison County), Hartford — The Village of Hartford — Lewis & Clark Expedition — 1803-1806 —
On West Hawthorne Street just east of Lewis and Clark Boulevard (Illinois Route 3), on the right when traveling east.
87Illinois (Madison County), Highland — Deck Cemetery
On Illinois Route 143 east of Lower Marine Road, on the left when traveling east.
88Illinois (Madison County), Highland — 1 — Founders' Monuments — Cemetery Highlights
Near Cemetary north of Koepfli Lane.
89Illinois (Madison County), Highland — Highland — Fresh Horses and New Courses
On Broadway 0.1 miles west of Swallow Lane, on the right when traveling west.
90Illinois (Madison County), Highland — Illinois Remembers POW/MIA
On Interstate 70 east of Prairie Road, on the right when traveling east.
91Illinois (Madison County), Highland — 4 — Louis Latzer Monument — Cemetery Highlights
Near Cemetary north of Koepfli Lane.
92Illinois (Madison County), Highland — Schiller Chapel
Near Cemetary north of Koepfli Lane.
93Illinois (Madison County), Highland — 2 — Schiller Chapel — Cemetery Highlights
Near Cemetary.
94Illinois (Madison County), Highland — 3 — Spindler Monuments — Cemetery Highlights
On Cemetary north of Koepfli Lane.
95Illinois (Madison County), Marine — Capt. Curtis Blakeman and the Marine Settlement
Near Marine Road (County Road 13) at Hunter School Road, on the left when traveling south.
96Illinois (Madison County), Roxana — Wanda Methodist Church
On Wanda Road (County Route 19) 0 miles north of Wanda Road and Old Alton Edwardsville Road (County Route 19).
97Illinois (Madison County), St. Jacob — St. Jacob — The St. Louis Wagon Road
On Park Drive just south of West Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
98Illinois (Madison County), Troy — Troy — Cabins, Coaches and Coal Mines
On East Center Street (Illinois Route 162) at Cheshire Road, on the left when traveling east on East Center Street.
99Illinois (Madison County), Venice — Main Street of America ran right through Venice — 1926-1936 — The McKinley Bridge - First Route 66 path across the mighty Mississippi River —
On Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
100Illinois (Madison County), Wood River — Lewis and Clark Expedition — See Historic Illinois
On Lewis and Clark Boulevard (Illinois Route 3) 0.2 miles north of West Madison Avenue (Illinois Route 143), on the right when traveling south.

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