Mulkeytown, Illinois

Mulkeytown, Illinois
Census-designated place
Mulkeytown
Coordinates: 37°58′15″N 89°06′41″W / 37.97083°N 89.11139°WCoordinates: 37°58′15″N 89°06′41″W / 37.97083°N 89.11139°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Franklin
Township	Tyrone
Area
• Total	0.276 sq mi (0.71 km^2)
• Land	0.275 sq mi (0.71 km^2)
• Water	0.001 sq mi (0.003 km^2)
Elevation	446 ft (136 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	175
• Density	636/sq mi (245.6/km^2)
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]

• 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 Community Unit School District 99

Religious organizations

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

Historical

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

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

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
2. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Mulkeytown CDP, Illinois". American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
3. "American FactFinder". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
4. U.S. Census Bureau, 2010-2014 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
5. https://www.agr.state.il.us/marketing/centfarms/cent.php?act=1&