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Collinsville, IL

Collinsville
City
Official logo of Collinsville
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Motto: "Horseradish Capital of the World"
Location of Collinsville in Madison County, Illinois.
Location of Collinsville in Madison County, Illinois.
Location of Illinois in the United States
Location of Illinois in the United States
Coordinates: 38°40′28″N 89°59′43″W / 38.67444°N 89.99528°W / 38.67444; -89.99528Coordinates: 38°40′28″N 89°59′43″W / 38.67444°N 89.99528°W / 38.67444; -89.99528
Country United States
State Illinois
County Madison
Government
 • Type Council-Manager
Area
 • Total 14.85 sq mi (38.46 km2)
 • Land 14.66 sq mi (37.96 km2)
 • Water 0.19 sq mi (0.50 km2)
Population (2010)
 • Total 25,579
 • Estimate (2016) 24,635
 • Density 1,680.88/sq mi (649.00/km2)
Time zone CST (UTC−6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC−5)
FIPS code 17-15599
Website Collinsville, Illinois

Collinsville is a city located mainly in Madison County, and partially in St. Clair County, both in Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 25,579, an increase from 24,707 in 2000. Collinsville is approximately 12 miles from St. Louis, Missouri and is considered part of that city's Metro-East area. It is the home of the Brooks Catsup Bottle Water Tower, the world's largest ketchup bottle, and is the world's horseradish capital.Monks Mound, the largest man-made earthwork in North America, and now part of the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, is located here.

Collinsville is located at 38°40′28″N 89°59′43″W / 38.67444°N 89.99528°W / 38.67444; -89.99528 (38.674398, -89.995402), approximately 12 miles due east of St Louis.

According to the 2010 census, Collinsville has a total area of 14.874 square miles (38.52 km2), of which 14.68 square miles (38.02 km2) (or 98.7%) is land and 0.194 square miles (0.50 km2) (or 1.3%) is water.

As of the census of 2010, there were 25,579 people, 10,458 households, and 6,672 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,817.4 people per square mile (701.9/km²). There were 11,025 housing units at an average density of 811.0 per square mile (313.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 87.4% White, 11.2% African American, 0.8% Native American, 1.1% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, and 1.7% from other races (according to the "race alone of in combination" section of the Census Summary File 1).


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