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Galesburg is a city in Knox County, Illinois, United States.The city is 45 miles (72 km) northwest of Peoria.At the 2010 census, its population was 32,195. [4] It is the county seat of Knox County [5] and the principal city of the Galesburg Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Knox and Warren counties.
The Galesburg Historic District is a 496-acre (201 ha) historic district in Galesburg, Illinois. The district includes 1049 contributing buildings and contains the town's original plat as well as several older neighborhoods. [2] The section of the district south of North Street encompasses Galesburg's historic city center and its most ...
Standish Park Arboretum. Standish Park Arboretum is a 3.3 acre park located in Downtown Galesburg, Illinois. Located just north of Knox College, Standish Park Arboretum has a collection of 137 trees of 67 different species. The park is used by the Galesburg community for many events such as the annual Art in the Park festival. [1]
July 4, 1961 [2] Old Main is the oldest building on the campus of Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. Completed in 1857, it is a distinctive Gothic Tudor design of Swedish architect Charles Ulricson. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961 as one of the few surviving sites to host one of the famous 1858 Lincoln–Douglas debates.
ZIP codes. 61401, 61410, 61436. FIPS code. 17-095-28352. Galesburg City Township is one of twenty-one townships in Knox County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 32,195 and it contained 14,280 housing units. [2] It is coextensive with the city of Galesburg, which is mostly surrounded by Galesburg Township.
696 ft (212 m) [1] Lake Bracken is a reservoir in Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, United States. [2] Managed by the Lake Bracken Country Club, the lake was formed in 1921 with the damming of Brush Creek. It is part of the Spoon River drainage basin, and has a surface area of 172 acres (70 ha). Its "overall resource quality" was assessed as ...
Two lawmakers are urging the General Assembly and Gov. JB Pritzker to set aside funds in the 2024 budget for repairs needed at the historic site.
76000716 [1] Added to NRHP. September 30, 1976. The Central Congregational Church is a historic church on Central Square in Galesburg, Illinois. The church was built from 1897 to 1898 to serve Galesburg's newly united Congregational church. Galesburg's two congregational churches formed in the 1850s after separating from the town's Presbyterian ...