Carthage, Illinois, United States

E218258
city county seat

Carthage, Illinois, United States, is a small Midwestern town historically known as the place where Latter Day Saint movement founder Joseph Smith was killed in 1844.

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Label Occurrences
Carthage, Illinois, United States canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
county seat ⓘ
alsoKilledThere Hyrum Smith ⓘ
areaCode 217 ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Hancock County, Illinois ⓘ
distanceTo approximately 30 miles west of Macomb, Illinois ⓘ
approximately 80 miles southwest of Peoria, Illinois ⓘ
eventDateAssociated June 27, 1844 ⓘ
founderKilledThere Joseph Smith ⓘ
governingBody Carthage City Council ⓘ
governmentType mayor–council government ⓘ
hasBuilding Hancock County Courthouse ⓘ
hasBuildingUse Carthage Jail preserved as historic site ⓘ
hasFeature Carthage Lake ⓘ
hasFIPSCode 17-11488 ⓘ
hasGNISFeatureID 406993 ⓘ
hasHistoricEvent mob attack on Carthage Jail in 1844 ⓘ
hasHistoricMarker marker commemorating death of Joseph and Hyrum Smith ⓘ
hasHistoricSite Carthage Jail Visitors Center ⓘ
hasLandmark Carthage Jail ⓘ
hasNearbyAirport Carthage Municipal Airport ⓘ
hasPostalCode 62321 ⓘ
hasRegionCode Illinois ⓘ
surface form: US-IL
hasTransportation Illinois Route 336 ⓘ
Illinois Route 94 ⓘ
historicallyKnownFor killing of Hyrum Smith ⓘ
killing of Joseph Smith ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Hancock County, Illinois ⓘ
locatedIn Midwestern United States ⓘ
locatedInRegion Western Illinois ⓘ
locatedOnContinent North America ⓘ
namedAfter Carthage ⓘ
partOf Hancock County micropolitan area ⓘ
religiousMovementAssociated Latter-day Saint movement churches ⓘ
surface form: Latter Day Saint movement
religiousTourismDestinationFor Latter-day Saint visitors ⓘ
state Illinois ⓘ
timeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Central Daylight Time
visitedByPilgrimsFrom Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ

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Joseph Smith → placeOfDeath → Carthage, Illinois, United States ⓘ
Hyrum Smith → deathPlace → Carthage, Illinois, United States ⓘ