Grand Tower, Illinois

Overview

• Location: Jackson County, Illinois
• Legal status: City
• Population: 624 (Change since 1990: -19.5%)
• Name origin: Tower Rock

Geography

• Located just west of IL 3 on the Mississippi River downstream from Wittenberg, MO
• Latitude: 37°37'35" N   (+37.6264)
• Longitude: 89°29'52" W   (-89.4978)
• Elevation: 361 feet above sea level
• Public Land Survey: T. 10 S., R. 4 W., Sec. 25
• Civil township: Grand Tower
• Land area: 1.3 square miles
• Water area: 0.00 square miles (1.1 acres)

As the crow flies, Grand Tower is...

• 1.8 miles W of Howardton
• 2.3 miles SE of Wittenberg, MO
• 3.7 miles SW of Johns Spur
• 4.6 miles E of Altenburg, MO
• 4.8 miles NW of Halsey
• 4.9 miles N of Aldridge
• 5.3 miles N of Union Point
• 6.1 miles NW of La Rue
• 6.4 miles S of Gorham
• 6.7 miles E of Frohna, MO
• 16.9 miles SW of Carbondale

History

Name origin

Named for Tower Rock, a rock promontory sitting on an island near the Missouri side of the river

Demographics