Alton, Illinois

E96076
city municipality

Alton, Illinois is a historic Mississippi River city in southwestern Illinois known for its limestone bluffs, Civil War and abolitionist history, and role as a regional industrial and transportation hub.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Alton, Illinois canonical 16
Alton, Illinois, United States 7
Alton 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
borderedBy Illinois River ⓘ
surface form: Illinois River (nearby confluence)

Mississippi River ⓘ
Missouri state line (across river) ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Madison County, Illinois ⓘ
dateOfEvent October 15, 1858 ⓘ
elevation about 528 feet ⓘ
foundedAsTown 1837 ⓘ
hasFeature limestone river bluffs ⓘ
riverfront area ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Downtown Alton historic district ⓘ
hasHistoricEvent site of the last Lincoln–Douglas debate ⓘ
hasIndustry manufacturing ⓘ
river commerce ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
transportation services ⓘ
hasLandmark Alton National Cemetery ⓘ
Alton Prison site ⓘ
Argosy Casino Alton ⓘ
Clark Bridge ⓘ
Lovejoy Monument ⓘ
Piasa Bird mural ⓘ
Robert Wadlow statue ⓘ
hasNotablePerson Elijah P. Lovejoy ⓘ
surface form: Elijah Parish Lovejoy

Miles Davis ⓘ
Robert Wadlow ⓘ
knownFor Civil War history ⓘ
abolitionist history ⓘ
industrial history ⓘ
limestone bluffs ⓘ
transportation hub role ⓘ
locatedIn southern Illinois ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern Illinois
locatedNear St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form: St. Louis, Missouri
locatedOnRiver Mississippi River ⓘ
namedAfter Alton, Hampshire, England ⓘ
partOf St. Louis metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Greater St. Louis metropolitan area
roleInHistory Union prison site during the American Civil War ⓘ
abolitionist press center in the 1830s ⓘ
servedBy Amtrak ⓘ
Illinois Route 100 ⓘ
Illinois Route 3 ⓘ
U.S. Route 67 NERFINISHED ⓘ
state Illinois ⓘ
timeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
transportationMode highway transportation ⓘ
rail transportation ⓘ
river transportation ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement → hasOfficeIn → Alton, Illinois ⓘ
Illinois → hasMajorCity → Alton, Illinois ⓘ
Lyman Trumbull → residence → Alton, Illinois ⓘ
Miles Davis → placeOfBirth → Alton, Illinois ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alton, Illinois, United States
St. Louis–Belleville metropolitan area (Illinois portion) → contains → Alton, Illinois ⓘ
Narrative of Riots at Alton → placeDescribed → Alton, Illinois ⓘ
Allen Gallery → locatedInTown → Alton, Illinois ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alton
James Earl Ray fired the shot that killed Martin Luther King Jr. → placeOfBirth → Alton, Illinois ⓘ
subject surface form: James Earl Ray
this entity surface form: Alton, Illinois, United States
Madison County, Illinois → hasCity → Alton, Illinois ⓘ
Madison County, Illinois → hasHistoricCity → Alton, Illinois ⓘ
southern Illinois → contains → Alton, Illinois ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Illinois
Lincoln–Douglas debates → locationOfEvent → Alton, Illinois ⓘ
Jon Jerde → placeOfBirth → Alton, Illinois ⓘ
Edwardsville, Illinois → hasNearbyCity → Alton, Illinois ⓘ
Downstate Illinois → hasMajorCity → Alton, Illinois ⓘ
Lincoln Service → stopsAt → Alton, Illinois ⓘ
Alton Lock and Dam → locatedNear → Alton, Illinois ⓘ
Alton Lock and Dam → nearbyCity → Alton, Illinois ⓘ
U.S. Route 67 → passesThrough → Alton, Illinois ⓘ
Minor Watson → placeOfDeath → Alton, Illinois ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alton, Illinois, United States
Elijah P. Lovejoy → deathPlace → Alton, Illinois ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alton, Illinois, United States
Elijah P. Lovejoy → residence → Alton, Illinois ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alton, Illinois, United States
Elijah P. Lovejoy → placeOfBurial → Alton, Illinois ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alton, Illinois, United States
Elijah P. Lovejoy → memorialLocation → Alton, Illinois ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alton, Illinois, United States