Mound City, Illinois

Overview

• Location: Pulaski County, Illinois
• Legal status: City
• Population: 692 (Change since 1990: -9.5%)
• Name origin: Indian mounds
• Previously known as: Emporium City

Geography

• Located along IL 37 upstream from Cairo on the Ohio River
• Latitude: 37°05'07" N   (+37.0853)
• Longitude: 89°09'45" W   (-89.1625)
• Elevation: 320 feet above sea level
• Precinct: Mound City
• Land area: 0.71 square miles (454.9 acres)
• Water area: 0.05 square miles (31.8 acres)

As the crow flies, Mound City is...

• 1.5 miles NE of Golden Lily
• 2.6 miles NE of Urbandale
• 2.8 miles SE of Mounds
• 3.3 miles SE of North Mounds
• 3.4 miles SE of Spencer Heights
• 3.5 miles NE of Cairo Junction
• 4.1 miles NE of Klondike
• 4.1 miles N of Future City
• 4.2 miles SW of America
• 5.4 miles S of Villa Ridge
• 44.4 miles S of Carbondale

History

Name origin

Named for the large Indian mounds in the area

Timeline

May 31, 1856

Mound City Post office opened

Jan. 29, 1857

Mound City incorporated

Demographics