Golconda, Illinois

Overview

• Location: Pope County, Illinois
• Legal status: City
• Population: 726 (Change since 1990: -11.8%)
• Previously known as: Sarahsville

Geography

• Located along the Ohio River on IL 146
• Latitude: 37°22'02" N   (+37.3672)
• Longitude: 88°29'11" W   (-88.4864)
• Elevation: 352 feet above sea level
• Precinct: Golconda No. 3
• Land area: 0.56 square miles (361.0 acres)
• Water area: 0.03 square miles (16.8 acres)

As the crow flies, Golconda is...

• 4.3 miles NE of Hodgeville
• 4.3 miles E of Waltersburg
• 4.6 miles NE of Homberg
• 5.1 miles NE of Tansill
• 5.2 miles S of Gowansville
• 5.4 miles S of Gowins
• 5.7 miles SE of Rising Sun
• 6.1 miles E of Old Brownfield
• 6.2 miles SW of Shetlerville
• 6.8 miles E of Brownfield
• 47.1 miles SE of Carbondale

Demographics