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Waterloo is located northeast of the center of Monroe County at (38.335243, -90.152685 Illinois Route 3 passes through the west side of the city, bypassing the downtown; it leads north 8 miles (13 km) to Columbia and southeast 13 miles (21 km) to Red Bud.
Brighton is a small community that dates back to the early 19th century, when settlers began the transformation of the Illinois prairie into productive farmland. The village was named after Brighton, Massachusetts. A post office was opened in 1837, and the village was incorporated in 1869. [4] Brighton is noted for its five-star historic museum.
The center of the district includes Waterloo's town square, the site of the Monroe County Courthouse, as well as a two-block section of Main Street which forms the city's commercial core. The town square is surrounded by residential development on three sides, an unusual arrangement among small towns in Illinois.
Monroe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois.According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 34,962. [1] Its county seat and largest city is Waterloo. [2]
In the 1890s, early filmmaker George Albert Smith lived and built a studio in neighbouring Hove, now a part of the city of Brighton and Hove. Brighton's Duke of York's Picturehouse has been in operation since 22 September 1910, making it the oldest purpose built and continually operating cinema in Britain.
Landmark Cinema of Canada Inc. is a Canadian cinema chain. Based in Calgary, Alberta , Landmark operates 36 theatres with 299 screens, [ 2 ] primarily in Ontario and western Canada. Its holdings include much of the former Empire Theatres chain which it acquired in late 2013, and some Famous Players locations divested as part of that chain's ...
Gibault Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Waterloo, Illinois. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville. [4] History
Nov 16, 1977 The Peterstown House is a house in Waterloo , Illinois . The saltbox building was constructed in the mid-1830s; an addition was placed on its north side around the 1860s.