Mulkeytown, Illinois

Mulkeytown, Illinois
Census-designated place
Mulkeytown
Coordinates: 37°58′15″N 89°06′41″W / 37.97083°N 89.11139°W / 37.97083; -89.11139Coordinates: 37°58′15″N 89°06′41″W / 37.97083°N 89.11139°W / 37.97083; -89.11139
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Franklin
Township	Tyrone
Government
• Type	No Formalized Government
Area
• Total	0.276 sq mi (0.71 km2)
• Land	0.275 sq mi (0.71 km2)
• Water	0.001 sq mi (0.003 km2)
Elevation	446 ft (136 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	175
• Density	636/sq mi (245.6/km2)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	62865
Area code(s)	618
GNIS feature ID	414225[1]

Mulkeytown is an unincorporated and census-designated place in Franklin County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 175.^[2]

Geography

Mulkeytown is located 309 miles (497 km) south of Chicago (via I-57 south to IL 14 west), and 95 miles (153 km) southeast of St. Louis (via I-64 east to US 51 south to IL 14 east).

Mulkeytown is located on Illinois Route 184, 3 miles (5 km) west of Christopher, in Tyrone Township, in the west-central portion of Franklin County.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Mulkeytown CDP has a total area of 0.276 square miles (0.714 km²), of which 0.423 acres (1,713 m²), or 0.24%, is water.^[2]

Demographics

As of the 2010 census, its population was 175.^[3] As of 2014 the median age of residents was 53.9^[4]

History

Centennial & Sesquicentennial Farms

Centennial & Sesquicentennial Farms are those family farms that have been held within a family for more than 100 or 150 years.^[5]

• DAVIS - 1848
• GREENWOOD - 1854
• BERNER - 1871

Education

• Mulkeytown Grade School (Closed 1987 & consolidated with Christopher Elementary School) - Now re-purposed as the West Franklin Historical District and Genealogical Society.
• Christopher Unit School District #99
• Rend Lake College
• John A. Logan College
• Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Religious organizations

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

Cemeteries

• Cook Cemetery 37°57′58.41″N 89°6′56.9196″W / 37.9662250°N 89.115811000°W / 37.9662250; -89.115811000
• Greenwood Cemetery 38°1′35.9652″N 89°8′14.6688″W / 38.026657000°N 89.137408000°W / 38.026657000; -89.137408000
• Mulkeytown Cemetery 37°58′00.9″N 89°06′18.9″W / 37.966917°N 89.105250°W / 37.966917; -89.105250
• Naylor Cemetery 37°58′55.8″N 89°05′48.1″W / 37.982167°N 89.096694°W / 37.982167; -89.096694
• Old Mulkeytown Cemetery 37°57′51.9″N 89°06′17.8″W / 37.964417°N 89.104944°W / 37.964417; -89.104944
• Reed-Kirpatrick Cemetery 38°0′6.4872″N 89°8′14.6688″W / 38.001802000°N 89.137408000°W / 38.001802000; -89.137408000
• Ward Cemetery

Historical

• West Franklin Historical Museum 37°58′5.0232″N 89°6′45.9036″W / 37.968062000°N 89.112751000°W / 37.968062000; -89.112751000
• Silkwood Inn Museum 37°58′51.492″N 89°6′57.2688″W / 37.98097000°N 89.115908000°W / 37.98097000; -89.115908000

Notable people

• Senator James F. Rea (Democrat) - Illinois State House of Representatives & Illinois State Senate
• Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick (b. February 21, 1848; d. April 5, 1909) - Attorney, U.S. Representative from Kansas, Kansas State House of Representatives

References