Back غاليسبورغ Arabic جاليسبورج ARZ قیلزبرق، ایلینوی AZB Гейлсберг (Ілінойс) Byelorussian Galesburg (Illinois) Catalan Гейлсбург (Иллинойс) CE Galesburg (kapital sa kondado) CEB Galesburg, Illinois Welsh Galesburg DAG Galesburg (Illinois) German
Galesburg, Illinois | |
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 Main Street (US Hwy 150) in downtown Galesburg | |
 Location of Galesburg in Knox County, Illinois | |
  Galesburg  Galesburg | |
| Coordinates: 40°57′08″N 90°21′10″W / 40.95222°N 90.35278°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Knox |
| Township | Galesburg City |
| Founded | 1837 |
| Founded by | George Washington Gale |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • Mayor | Peter Schwartzman (G)[2] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17.94 sq mi (46.45 km2) |
| • Land | 17.76 sq mi (45.99 km2) |
| • Water | 0.18 sq mi (0.46 km2) |
| Elevation | 771 ft (235 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 30,052 |
| • Density | 1,692.21/sq mi (653.38/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 61401 |
| Area code | 309 |
| FIPS code | 17-28326 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2394842[1] |
| Wikimedia Commons | Galesburg, Illinois |
| Website | www |
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.
Galesburg is home to Knox College, a private four-year liberal arts college, and Carl Sandburg College, a two-year community college.
A 496-acre (201 ha) section of the city is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Galesburg Historic District.
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Galesburg, Illinois
- ^ "Mayor - Mayor - Peter Schwartzman - City of Galesburg, IL". www.galesburg.com/. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Galesburg city, Illinois". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved February 25, 2019.[dead link]
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.